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Black Mountain Estates, Arizona

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Arivaca census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85746. The Survey maps it on the San Xavier Mission quadrangle.

Black Mountain Estates within Pima County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

338 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 338 fires within 5 miles of Black Mountain Estates between 1993 and 2020, burning about 154 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined290
Debris and open burning13
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes2
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
6 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTucson Fire Departmentnot named
30 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDrexel Heights Fire District5592
28 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTucson Fire Department1867394
23 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
23 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDrexel Heights Fire District5437
21 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTucson Fire Departmentnot named
20 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresPapago AgencyI-19 KM 90 FIRE
18 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTucson Fire Departmentnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pima County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Black Mountain Estates: 8 past producers, 7 producers, 4 occurrences, 2 unknowns. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper, Lead. 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
Arizona-Tonopah MineLead, Silver, Copper, GoldProducer1925, 1929
Bee Hive MineCopper, Lead, Silver, GoldProducerChalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite
Ivy May MineCopper, Lead, Silver, GoldProducer1920, 1934
Ivy May MineCopper, Gold, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Old Mission MineSilver, Copper, Lead, Gold, Iron, Manganese, Barium-BariteProducerArgentite, Hematite
Old Mission MineCopper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Palo Verde MineLead, Gold, Copper, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Palo Verde Mine AmoleZinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, GoldProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Pellegrin MineSilver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Saginaw MineCopper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, MolybdenumPast ProducerPorphyry Cu

Every working recorded in Pima 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
Drexel Heights2.3 miles21
Old Tucson Estates5.4 miles21
Tucson Estates5.4 miles21
Emery Park5.5 miles25
Summit6.3 miles25
South Tucson7.4 miles25
Old Tucson8.2 miles22
Pueblo Gardens8.3 miles25

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.

Wikidata item Q122541018The 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 2622721. 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.