BlockBlake Place, Arizona
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the San Manuel census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85192. It lies near Table Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Holy Joe Peak quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 24 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.
- 1911 USGS Winkelman quadrangle1:125000
- 1913 USGS Winkelman quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Holy Joe Peak quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Holy Joe Peak quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1950 USGS Holy Joe Peak quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Mammoth quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
24 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Blake Place between 1993 and 2020, burning about 5,473 acres in total. 20 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 1994 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 6 August 1995 | Natural | 110 acres | Gila District Office | PARSON CAN |
| 5 August 1993 | Natural | 260 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 3 August 2020 | Natural | 60 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast District | TABLE |
| 29 August 1994 | Natural | 210 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 24 August 2020 | Natural | 71 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast District | SIXTYSIX PEAK |
| 24 August 2020 | Natural | 2,710 acres | Gila District Office | BASIN |
| 20 August 1993 | Natural | 136 acres | Gila District Office | PAISANO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 36 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Blake Place: 16 past producers, 15 occurrences, 4 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Gold, Manganese, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Eagle Mine | Copper, Molybdenum, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Blue Bird Mine | Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Molybdenum, Vanadium, Iron | Past Producer | 1863 | |
| Bluebird | Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Bluebird Mine | Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Vanadium, Zinc, Tungsten, Molybdenum, Manganese | Past Producer | 1863 | |
| Childs-Aldwinkle Mine | Molybdenum, Copper, Silver, Gold, Arsenic, Zinc, Lead, Bismuth, Antimony | Past Producer | 1883, 1890 | |
| Clark Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead | Producer | 1905, 1934 | |
| Cobre Grande Property | Copper, Silica | Past Producer | Quartz | |
| Copper Creek District | Gemstone, Quartz | Prospect | ||
| Copper Giant Mine | Copper, Tungsten | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Wolframite | |
| Copper Prince Mine | Copper, Tungsten, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1907 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parsons Grove | 2.7 miles | 19 | |
| Copper Creek | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Hortons Place | 5.8 miles | 23 | |
| Sombrero Butte | 6.0 miles | 21 | |
| North Mammoth | 8.3 miles | 25 | |
| Mammoth | 8.6 miles | 25 | |
| Tiger | 10.9 miles | 25 | |
| Fordville | 11.6 miles | 25 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24327. 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.