Buckeye Mill, Arizona
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Bowie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85605. It lies near Maverick Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Luzena quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1922 USGS Willcox quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS Fisher Hills quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Luzena quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Luzena quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Willcox quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Luzena quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
13 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Buckeye Mill between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,719 acres in total. 5 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2015 | Natural | 27 acres | Gila District Office | GOLD GULCH |
| 24 August 1994 | Natural | 300 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 22 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Gila District Office | HOWARD |
| 4 July 2013 | Natural | 59 acres | Gila District Office | ROUGH |
| 24 July 2018 | Natural | 963 acres | Gila District Office | HOWARD |
| 8 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast District | COWBOY |
| 22 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 acres | Gila District Office | MAVERICK |
| 14 May 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | CABEZA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 55 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 55 workings within 5 miles of Buckeye Mill: 33 past producers, 13 occurrences, 4 producers, 4 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Copper, Graphite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antelope | Silver, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Dives Mine | Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Dives Mine Bear Cave Claim | Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Graphite | Past Producer | 1877, 1942 | |
| Dos Cabezas | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | 1988 | |
| Dos Cabezas Project | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Occurrence | 1878, 1880 | |
| Dos Cabezas Queen Mine | Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Graphite | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Elma Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum, Iron | Producer | Chalcopyrite, Magnetite | |
| Elma Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Molybdenum | Past Producer | ||
| Ewell Spring Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Graphite | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Ewell Springs Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dos Cabezas | 5.8 miles | 17 | |
| Bowie | 7.0 miles | 17 | |
| Luzena | 7.2 miles | 17 | |
| Bowie Junction (historical) | 7.7 miles | 17 | |
| Raso | 10.7 miles | 18 | |
| Olga | 12.2 miles | 17 | |
| Willcox | 13.2 miles | 18 | |
| Kansas Settlement | 16.3 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24338. 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.








