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Burch, Arizona

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Globe-Miami census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85501. It lies near Miami Flat. The Survey maps it on the Globe quadrangle.

Burch within Gila County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

106 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Burch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 526 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined52
Natural27
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use6
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes1

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
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTri-City Fire Districtnot named
6 September 1995Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestBEAUTY
30 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTonto National Forestnot named
29 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTri-City Fire District2703
29 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGlobe Fire Department1433
29 September 2016Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestSOTO
25 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGlobe Fire Department1418
25 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTri-City Fire District2663

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gila County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 164 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 164 workings within 5 miles of Burch: 99 past producers, 45 producers, 9 prospects, 6 occurrences. 47 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Copper, Gold, Silver. 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
Albert Lea MineSilver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Molybdenum, Vanadium, ZincPast Producer1941, 1946
Albert Lea TunnelsSilver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, VanadiumPast Producer
Apache MineVanadium, Lead, Molybdenum, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold, Semiprecious GemstonePast Producer1875, 1929, 1957
Arizona Commercial MineCopper, Gold, Silver, SilicaPast Producer1905, 1979
Big Johnnie MineCopper, IronPast Producer1901
Cedar Tree DepositSilver, Copper, Gold, TungstenPast Producer
Copper Cities & Diamond HCopper, Gold, Zinc, Silver, Molybdenum, Lead, Uranium, GemstonePast Producer1896
Copper HillCopper, Silica, Silver, UraniumPast Producer
Cyprus MiamiCopper, Molybdenum, Silver, Gold, Rhodium, Zinc, Lead, PGEProducer1872, 1915
Day Peaks Area VeinsMolybdenum, Lead, Tungsten, GoldOccurrenceVein

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
Radium0.6 miles20
Midland City2.2 miles20
Miami Gardens2.3 miles20
Claypool2.3 miles20
Central Heights2.4 miles20
Lower Miami2.9 miles20
Little Acres3.4 miles20
Inspiration3.5 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 27013. 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.