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Bear Canyon Junction, Arizona

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the San Carlos census division. The Survey maps it on the Cassadore Spring quadrangle.

Bear Canyon Junction within Gila County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

36 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Bear Canyon Junction between 1993 and 2020, burning about 22,591 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 2 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
Natural27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Debris and open burning1

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
19 September 1997Natural1.5 acresSan Carlos AgencyHORSEPASTU
2 August 2015Natural849 acresSan Carlos AgencyLOOKOUT
14 August 1998Natural1.0 acresSan Carlos AgencySTUMP
11 August 2011Natural3.0 acresSan Carlos AgencyNIGHT
1 August 2020Natural21,428 acresSan Carlos AgencyCASSADORE SPRINGS
8 July 2006Natural1.0 acresSan Carlos AgencyBEAR CANYON
7 July 2018Natural3.5 acresSan Carlos AgencyCASEDORE
4 July 2013Naturalunder an acreSan Carlos AgencyHOLIDAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gila County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Bear Canyon Junction: 7 occurrences, 4 prospects, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Asbestos. 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
Asbestos Deposit 21AsbestosProspect
Asbestos Prospect 22AsbestosProspect
Bear Canyon MineAsbestosPast ProducerVein
Bear Canyon PropertyAsbestosPast Producer
Black MesaAsbestosOccurrenceVein
Blue River ProspectAsbestosProspect
Cassadore DepositAsbestosOccurrenceVein
Cassadore DepositAsbestosProspect
Oak CreekAsbestosOccurrenceChrysotile
Unnamed Asbestos DepositAsbestosOccurrenceChrysotile

Every working recorded in Gila 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
Sawmill5.6 miles12
Rocky Junction8.7 miles11
Dehorn11.4 miles11
Tucker13.4 miles15
San Carlos13.6 miles12
McMillianville15.2 miles15
Black River Crossing15.5 miles13
Peridot15.9 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24317. 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.