BlockBig Horn, Arizona
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Gila Bend census division. The Survey maps it on the Big Horn quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 12 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.
- 1951 USGS Estrella quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Big Horn quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Gila Bend quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
22 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Big Horn between 1992 and 2018, burning about 156 acres in total. 2 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 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Phoenix District Office | HORN |
| 4 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Phoenix District Office | BIG HORN |
| 12 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Phoenix District Office | BIG HORN |
| 12 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 8 July 1999 | Other causes | under an acre | Phoenix District Office | BIG HORN |
| 29 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Phoenix District Office | MARICOPA VALLEY |
| 16 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Phoenix District Office | BIGHORN |
| 14 July 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Big Horn: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Silica, Gold, Iron, Silver, Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freeman | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Estrella | 9.9 miles | 18 | |
| Shawmut | 11.2 miles | 14 | |
| Ocapos (historical) | 11.5 miles | 14 | |
| Bosque | 13.2 miles | 14 | |
| Gila Bend | 18.2 miles | 15 | |
| San Lucy Village | 18.7 miles | 15 | |
| Sil Murk (historical) | 19.7 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24320. 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.