Aravaipa, Arizona
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Bonita-Klondyke census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85643. It lies near Williamson Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Cobre Grande Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1938 USGS Klondyke quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Klondyke quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Klondyke quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Cobre Grande Mtn quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Mammoth quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1998 USGS Cobre Grande Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Aravaipa between 1994 and 2003, burning about 287 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Natural | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 9 July 2002 | Natural | 6.0 acres | San Carlos Agency | COPPER |
| 5 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 205 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 22 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | TELEPHONE |
| 6 June 2000 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Gila District Office | STANLEY |
| 18 June 2003 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Coronado National Forest | COBRE |
| 7 May 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | San Carlos Agency | RED DOG |
| 30 May 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 75 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 75 workings within 5 miles of Aravaipa: 42 past producers, 15 occurrences, 15 prospects, 2 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abe Reed Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | 1925, 1947, 1951 | |
| Aleman Adit | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Silver, Uranium, Cadmium | Past Producer | ||
| Aravaipa | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Vanadium | Past Producer | ||
| Aravaipa District | Zinc, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | 1957 | |
| Arizona | Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Iron, Manganese, Silica | Prospect | ||
| Arizona Mine | Silver, Lead, Gold, Quartz | Past Producer | 1895, 1916, 1955 | |
| Ben Hur | Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Ben Hur Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | Anglesite, Cerussite, Galena | |
| Cobre Grande Mine. | Copper, Lead, Iron, Silver | Past Producer | 1905, 1916, 1957 | |
| Copper Bar Prospect. | Copper, Silver, Gold, Iron | Past Producer | 1902 |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellison Place (historical) | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Klondyke | 8.5 miles | 21 | |
| Bylas | 17.4 miles | 13 | |
| Natches | 17.7 miles | 14 | |
| Calva | 17.8 miles | 13 | |
| Geronimo | 18.9 miles | 13 | |
| Emery | 19.5 miles | 13 | |
| Fort Thomas | 21.4 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Aravaipa | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16829917 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 25296. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.










