BlockArizona Sun Sites, Arizona
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Willcox census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85606. It lies near Jones Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Cochise Stronghold quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1916 USGS Pearce quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1926 USGS Courtland quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Pearce quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Cochise Stronghold quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Chiricahua Peak quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Cochise Stronghold quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
54 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Arizona Sun Sites between 1992 and 2020, burning about 486 acres in total. 21 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 | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | STRONG |
| 4 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | ESTLICK |
| 5 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | SLAVIN |
| 3 August 1993 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 29 August 1994 | Natural | 45 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 21 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | JORDAN |
| 20 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | NOONAN |
| 2 August 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Coronado National Forest | CAR LINK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 52 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 52 workings within 5 miles of Arizona Sun Sites: 21 past producers, 20 prospects, 6 producers, 5 occurrences. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Zinc, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abril Mine | Zinc, Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, Gold, Tungsten, Wollastonite, Asbestos, Bismuth, Beryllium, Lithium, Cadmium, Gallium | Producer | 1953 | |
| Abril Mine | Copper, Zinc, Gold, Lead, Silver, Cadmium, Bismuth, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1903 | |
| American Group Mine | Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Black Prince | Barium-Barite, Tungsten, Molybdenum, Zinc | Past Producer | 1932 | |
| Christmas Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead | Past Producer | 1905, 1979 | |
| Cobre Loma Mine | Zinc, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | Contact Metamorphic | |
| Coronado Nf Dragoon Unit | Silver, Copper, Zinc, Gold, Lead | Past Producer | 1937 | |
| Dragoon Mtns Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | ||
| Escapule Mine | Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Vanadium | Past Producer | 1938, 1955 | |
| Festerling Mine | Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold | Producer | 1937, 1947 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Diamond | 5.8 miles | 19 | |
| Pearce | 7.4 miles | 18 | |
| Dragoon | 8.8 miles | 19 | |
| Manzoro | 8.9 miles | 17 | |
| Tully | 9.8 miles | 21 | |
| Courtland | 12.9 miles | 18 | |
| Saint David | 13.6 miles | 21 | |
| Cochise | 13.7 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 25277. 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.