BlockBuena Vista, Arizona
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Safford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85546. It lies near Head Canyon. The Survey maps it on the San Jose quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1954 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Safford quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Safford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
29 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Buena Vista between 1992 and 2019, burning about 238 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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 | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 1992 | Natural | 25 acres | Gila District Office | BUCKCANYON |
| 29 August 1994 | Natural | 21 acres | Gila District Office | SOLOMON |
| 20 August 1993 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Gila District Office | HORSE |
| 21 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 1 July 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Gila District Office | MP351 |
| 9 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | SAGE |
| 6 June 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 23 June 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | SAN JOSE #2 |
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 Buena Vista: 7 producers, 3 prospects, 2 unknowns, 2 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Pumice, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Claim | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Pumice No.2 | Pumice, Perlite | Producer | ||
| Sanchez Copper Deposit | Copper, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1899 | |
| Solomon Deposit | Diatomite | Prospect | ||
| Pumice No. 2 | Pumice | Past Producer | Pumice | |
| Freeport Exploration | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Sol | Copper | Unknown | ||
| Sol Mine | Copper | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite | |
| Airport Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Graham County Crusher | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2129. 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.