Bronze Boot, Arizona
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Phoenix census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85016. The Survey maps it on the Phoenix quadrangle.
On record in Bronze Boot
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 8 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Earll Place Historic Districtlisted 2006 · 0.2 miles away
- Cheery Lynn Historic Districtlisted 1994 · 0.3 miles away
- Idylwilde Park Historic Districtlisted 1998 · 0.8 miles away
- Craig Mansionlisted 1992 · 0.8 miles away
- Fred G. Hilvert Houselisted 2016 · 0.9 miles away
- Bennitt Mansionlisted 2009 · 0.9 miles away
- Walter Wesley Knorpp Houselisted 2023 · 0.9 miles away
- Borah Houselisted 2018 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 26 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.
- 1912 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:62500
- 1914 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1952 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Phoenix South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2,642 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,642 fires within 5 miles of Bronze Boot between 1996 and 2020, burning about 250 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 66 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 | 2534 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 66 |
| Natural | 34 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
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 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Phoenix Fire Department | 334516 |
| 9 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AZ-122598 |
| 9 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AZ-122597 |
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AZ-111667 |
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AZ-111670 |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AZ-101904 |
| 8 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Phoenix Fire Department | 333916 |
| 8 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Phoenix Fire Department | 333482 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Bronze Boot: 4 past producers, 3 unknowns, 3 producers, 3 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mercury, Clay, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Bond Building Products Div. | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Seal Rock Group | Kyanite, Mica, Mercury | Occurrence | Cinnabar, Kyanite, Mica | |
| Sealrock Group | Mercury, Mica, Kyanite | Unknown | ||
| Silica Occurrence | Silica | Occurrence | Quartz | |
| Phoenix Brickyard | Clay | Plant | ||
| Tolleson Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Boulder Group | Mercury | Unknown | ||
| Cram Gold Standard | Mercury | Prospect | ||
| Eureka Group | Mercury | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Arizona S&R, Main Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biltmore Villas | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Colony Biltmore IV | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Taliverde | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Village on the Lakes | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Rancho Hermoso | 2.6 miles | 26 | |
| Estrella Estates Family Park | 2.7 miles | 26 | |
| Biltmore Gates | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Claremont Place | 2.9 miles | 18 |
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 Q122563753 | 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 24745. 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.











