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Autumn Ridge, Arizona

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

Autumn Ridge 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

969 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 969 fires within 5 miles of Autumn Ridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 616 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined943
Arson/incendiarism15
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1

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-122601
9 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-122599
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-111669
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department333083
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office154088
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-101204

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maricopa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Autumn Ridge: 15 past producers, 11 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gravel PitCopper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, GoldUnknown
Stone QuarryStonePast Producer
Arizona Gold Decomposed Granite PitStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Thunderbird Granite PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitsSand 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
Canyon View0.2 miles19
San Gabriel0.2 miles19
Overland Trail0.4 miles19
Amberwood North0.6 miles19
Dunhill Place0.7 miles19
Woodridge VI0.9 miles19
Union Hills Manor0.9 miles19
Morado Encanto1.0 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24719. 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.