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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.

Buckeye Mill within Cochise County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

13 since 1994

Regional 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
Natural5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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 August 2015Natural27 acresGila District OfficeGOLD GULCH
24 August 1994Natural300 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
22 August 2020Naturalunder an acreGila District OfficeHOWARD
4 July 2013Natural59 acresGila District OfficeROUGH
24 July 2018Natural963 acresGila District OfficeHOWARD
8 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast DistrictCOWBOY
22 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined27 acresGila District OfficeMAVERICK
14 May 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeCABEZA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cochise County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 55 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
AntelopeSilver, Copper, GoldPast Producer
Dives MineGold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Dives Mine Bear Cave ClaimGold, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, GraphitePast Producer1877, 1942
Dos CabezasGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincOccurrence1988
Dos Cabezas ProjectGold, Copper, Lead, Silver, ZincOccurrence1878, 1880
Dos Cabezas Queen MineGold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, GraphitePast ProducerVein
Elma MineCopper, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum, IronProducerChalcopyrite, Magnetite
Elma MineGold, Silver, Copper, MolybdenumPast Producer
Ewell Spring MineGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, GraphitePast ProducerVein
Ewell Springs MineGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincUnknown

Every working recorded in Cochise 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
Dos Cabezas5.8 miles17
Bowie7.0 miles17
Luzena7.2 miles17
Bowie Junction (historical)7.7 miles17
Raso10.7 miles18
Olga12.2 miles17
Willcox13.2 miles18
Kansas Settlement16.3 miles16

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.