BlockBernardino, Arizona
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Elfrida census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85607. It stands on Buck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pedregosa Mountains East quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1917 USGS Chiricahua quadrangle1:125000
- 1919 USGS Chiricahua quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1926 USGS Pedregosa quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Pedregosa Mountains quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Pedregosa Mountains East quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Chiricahua Peak quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Pedregosa Mountains East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
19 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Bernardino (historical) between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,342 acres in total. 3 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | PEDREGOSA |
| 23 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast District | BERNARDINO |
| 1 July 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | JEFF DAVIS |
| 5 June 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | BERNARDINO |
| 30 June 1994 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 21 June 1994 | Natural | 50 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 27 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | SILVER CREEK |
| 21 April 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | COLLEGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Bernardino (historical): 2 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Volcanic Materials, Pumice. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernardino | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | Scoria | |
| Bernardino | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Pedregosa Mtn. No. 1 Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Occurrence | Cinders | |
| Unknown | Pumice | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cazador | 5.9 miles | 20 | |
| Chiricahua | 6.8 miles | 20 | |
| Apache | 15.7 miles | 20 | |
| Douglas | 16.8 miles | 23 | |
| Pirtleville | 16.9 miles | 23 | |
| Calumet | 19.0 miles | 23 | |
| McNeal | 19.9 miles | 19 | |
| Double Adobe | 20.2 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24318. 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.