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Camel, Arizona

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Buckeye census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85333. The Survey maps it on the Hyder quadrangle.

Camel within Maricopa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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.

Photographs

3 photographs, 1942

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Phoenix, Arizona. Camelback Farms, FSA (Farm Security Administration) project. Neighbors meeting at one of the houses
Phoenix, Arizona. Camelback Farms, FSA (Farm Security Administration) project. Neighbors meeting at one of the houses
Lee, Russell, 1942. Library of Congress
Phoenix, Arizona. Camelback Farms, FSA (Farm Security Administration) project. Open passageway of the community building
Phoenix, Arizona. Camelback Farms, FSA (Farm Security Administration) project. Open passageway of the community building
Lee, Russell, 1942. Library of Congress
Washday at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) Camelback Farms, Phoenix, Arizona
Washday at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) Camelback Farms, Phoenix, Arizona
Lee, Russell, 1942. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

8 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Camel between 1994 and 2004, burning about 988 acres in total. 2 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
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
26 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined70 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeOATMAN
13 August 2004Natural300 acresColorado River DistrictAGUA
13 August 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeHYDER
12 August 2001Natural526 acresPhoenix District OfficeAGUACALIEN
5 May 1995Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
11 May 1999Debris and open burning60 acresPhoenix District OfficeHYDER
13 April 1994Equipment and vehicle use20 acresPhoenix District OfficeHYDER VALL
26 March 2003Debris and open burning2.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeHYDER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maricopa County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Camel: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal. 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
UnknownGeothermalUnknown

Every working recorded in Maricopa County

Storms near this place

1 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Camel in 1 storm report in 2022: 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2022Flash FloodCamel-A FCDMC streamflow gage along Columbus Wash exceeded alarm stage, impacting downstream low water crossings along Highline Road and 579th Avenue. At 0110MST, the gage peaked at a depth of 3.57 feet and a flow of 322 CFS. No damage or injuries were reported.

Every storm recorded in Maricopa 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
Montezuma3.4 miles18
Agua Caliente5.1 miles17
Papago8.2 miles18
Sundad9.3 miles18
Saddle12.8 miles18
Sentinel13.7 miles15
Stanwix14.7 miles17
Tartron15.1 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24754. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.