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Burns, Arizona

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Gila River census division. The Survey maps it on the Gila Butte SE quadrangle.

Burns within Pinal County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

221 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 221 fires within 5 miles of Burns between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,497 acres in total. None started naturally. 22 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/undetermined114
Debris and open burning61
Arson/incendiarism22
Equipment and vehicle use14
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1

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
28 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acrePima AgencyJONES
25 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast DistrictSCOTT
24 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePima AgencyNORA
7 August 1993Debris and open burning30 acresPima AgencyMIX
4 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePima Agencynot named
3 August 1993Debris and open burning1.1 acresPima AgencyWATERTOWER
26 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePima AgencyACE
25 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePima AgencyLANDMARK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pinal County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Burns: 12 past producers, 8 prospects, 3 occurrences, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Silica, Corundum, Copper, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Beard ClaimsManganeseProspect
Casa Grande CorundumCorundumPast Producer
Complex Metals Research Dev. Inc.Gold, SilverPlant
SacatonMolybdenum, Copper, Gold, SilverPast Producer1961, 1974, 1984
Sacaton MillCopperProducer
Sacaton MountainsLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceSedimentary
Unnamed ProspectCorundum, Titanium, MetalPast ProducerUnknown
Bear Creek Mining Co.PropertyCorundum, Copper, Stone, Crushed/Broken, SilicaOccurrence
Unpatented Claims M S 4127Corundum, Copper, Stone, Crushed/Broken, SilicaProspect
Sacaton Mountains Silica OccurrencesSilicaOccurrenceQuartz, Quartzite

Every working recorded in Pinal 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
Bon4.9 miles18
Sacaton6.7 miles18
Casa Blanca7.9 miles19
Sweetwater8.2 miles20
Cottonwood8.2 miles18
South Santan8.6 miles18
Bapchule8.8 miles20
Olberg9.6 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 25333. 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.