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Bonita Creek Estates, Arizona

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Payson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85541. It lies near Walk Moore Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Dane Canyon quadrangle.

Bonita Creek Estates within Gila County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 26 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

556 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 556 fires within 5 miles of Bonita Creek Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13,409 acres in total. 431 started naturally. 8 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
Natural431
Recreation and ceremony51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Debris and open burning11
Arson/incendiarism8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking4
Fireworks3
Other causes2
Firearms and explosives use1

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
9 September 2011Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestPRAIRIE
9 September 2009Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestMAYFIELD
9 September 2009Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestCHASE
9 September 1997Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestBEA
8 September 1995Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestCAVE
8 September 1995Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestPERLEY
7 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTonto National ForestVERDE
7 September 2014Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestWASHINGTON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gila County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bonita Creek Estates: 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Copper. 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
Neptune PropertyUranium, CopperProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Gila 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
Ellison Creek Estates2.5 miles25
La Cienega2.6 miles25
Verde Glen2.8 miles23
Whispering Pines3.2 miles23
Washington Park3.9 miles23
Beaver Valley Estates4.8 miles23
Wonder Valley5.5 miles23
Freedom Acres5.8 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2056532. 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.