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Bellevue, Arizona

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Globe-Miami census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85539. The Survey maps it on the Pinal Ranch quadrangle. It stands 4,692 feet above sea level.

Bellevue within Gila County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

93 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Bellevue between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,634 acres in total. 49 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
Natural49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 1997Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestCOYOTE
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTri-City Fire Districtnot named
10 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTonto National ForestWESTLAKE
9 August 2006Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestTOP
8 August 2003Natural61 acresTonto National ForestSIMPSON
8 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTonto National Forestnot named
5 August 1993Naturalunder an acreTonto National Forestnot named
24 August 1995Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestTRAP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gila County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 60 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 60 workings within 5 miles of Bellevue: 28 past producers, 11 prospects, 10 occurrences, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Tungsten, Gold, Silver, Uranium. 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
AmericanCopper, Gold, Lead, Silver, UraniumPast Producer
American MineSilver, Copper, Gold, Lead, UraniumProducer1901, 1951
Arbitration Zinc GroupCopper, Zinc, Gold, SilverProspect
Bronx Copper PropertyCopper, Gold, Molybdenum, SilverPast Producer
Cactus MineMolybdenum, Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, ZincPast Producer1905, 1929, 1964
Cole and Goodwin MineCopper, Lead, Gold, SilverPast Producer1908, 1940
Crown Point ClaimLead, Copper, Vanadium, MolybdenumOccurrenceGalena, Vanadinite, Wulfenite
King No 1, 2, 3 ClaimsIron, Manganese, Copper, UraniumOccurrenceVein
Lonesome Pine and Esther GroupsCopper, Molybdenum, Tungsten, LeadProspectPorphyry Cu
LorraineCopper, Gold, StonePast Producer

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
Top-of-the-World2.9 miles20
Miami6.1 miles20
Inspiration6.4 miles23
Lower Miami6.9 miles20
Dimario Place7.4 miles20
Claypool7.6 miles20
Little Acres7.8 miles20
Miami Gardens8.1 miles20

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 BellevueAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4883878The 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 26203. 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.