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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 20 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.
- 1925 USGS San Xavier quadrangle1:62500
- 1934 USGS Tucson Mountains quadrangle1:125000
- 1943 USGS San Xavier Mission quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS San Xavier Mission quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS San Xavier Mission quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS San Xavier Mission quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Silver Bell Mountains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
338 since 1993Regional 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/undetermined | 290 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tucson Fire Department | not named |
| 30 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Drexel Heights Fire District | 5592 |
| 28 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tucson Fire Department | 1867394 |
| 23 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 23 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Drexel Heights Fire District | 5437 |
| 21 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tucson Fire Department | not named |
| 20 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | I-19 KM 90 FIRE |
| 18 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tucson Fire Department | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona-Tonopah Mine | Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold | Producer | 1925, 1929 | |
| Bee Hive Mine | Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold | Producer | Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite | |
| Ivy May Mine | Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold | Producer | 1920, 1934 | |
| Ivy May Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Old Mission Mine | Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold, Iron, Manganese, Barium-Barite | Producer | Argentite, Hematite | |
| Old Mission Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Palo Verde Mine | Lead, Gold, Copper, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Palo Verde Mine Amole | Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold | Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Pellegrin Mine | Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Saginaw Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum | Past Producer | Porphyry Cu |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drexel Heights | 2.3 miles | 21 | |
| Old Tucson Estates | 5.4 miles | 21 | |
| Tucson Estates | 5.4 miles | 21 | |
| Emery Park | 5.5 miles | 25 | |
| Summit | 6.3 miles | 25 | |
| South Tucson | 7.4 miles | 25 | |
| Old Tucson | 8.2 miles | 22 | |
| Pueblo Gardens | 8.3 miles | 25 |
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 Q122541018 | The 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.











