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Arrowhead Ranch, Arizona

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Deer Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85308. It lies near Hedgpeth Hills. The Survey maps it on the Hedgpeth Hills quadrangle.

Arrowhead Ranch within Maricopa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

598 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 598 fires within 5 miles of Arrowhead Ranch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 914 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 9 were 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined579
Arson/incendiarism9
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Debris and open burning2
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-122600
9 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-122599
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office154088
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department331115
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-132158
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-132159
4 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-122592

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maricopa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Arrowhead Ranch: 12 past producers, 4 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Arizona GraniteStone, Crushed/Broken, GraniteProducer
Gravel PitCopper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, GoldUnknown
Stone QuarryStonePast Producer
Sunrise Relief-Pat.#1614, 2597,4038Gold, IronPast Producer
Arizona Gold Decomposed Granite PitStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Thunderbird Granite PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Relief MineGoldPast ProducerPlacer
79 Ave. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Desert PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Maricopa County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Woodridge VI1.4 miles19
Sunset Vista1.4 miles19
Chaparral1.9 miles19
Saddlehorn Ranch1.9 miles19
Overland Trail1.9 miles19
Lexington Place2.2 miles19
Canyon View2.2 miles19
Autumn Ridge2.3 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24718. 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.