Canelo, Arizona
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Patagonia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85611. It lies near Pauline Canyon. The Survey maps it on the O'Donnell Canyon quadrangle. It stands 4,990 feet above sea level.
On record in Canelo
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Canelo Ranger Stationlisted 1993
Canelo Schoollisted 1991
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 26 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.
- 1904 USGS Patagonia quadrangle1:125000
- 1905 USGS Patagonia quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1932 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS O'Donnell Canyon quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS O'Donnell Canyon quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Fort Huachuca quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1996 USGS O'Donnell Canyon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
102 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Canelo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,068 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 |
| Natural | 34 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | CANELO PASS |
| 9 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | SCOTT PEAK |
| 8 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | LYLE |
| 25 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | BURNING TREE |
| 25 August 2015 | Natural | 56 acres | Gila District Office | BALD HILL |
| 20 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | BEAR TANK |
| 19 August 2011 | Natural | 1.2 acres | Gila District Office | RANCH |
| 18 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | O'DONNELL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Canelo: 6 past producers, 4 prospects, 3 occurrences, 2 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Diatomite, Gold, Silver, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Group | Gold, Silver, Lead, Vanadium | Past Producer | ||
| Blue Bird Group | Tungsten, Beryllium, Antimony, Manganese | Prospect | 1957 | |
| Candelo Hills | Limestone, General | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Jensen Group | Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| La Plata Mine | Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Manganese | Producer | Argentite, Cerargyrite, Copper, Lead | |
| La Plata Mine | Silver, Copper, Gold, Manganese, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Limestone Deposit, Canelo Hills | Limestone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Manila Mine | Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper | Producer | 1924, 1949 | |
| Manila Mine | Silver, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Yellow Bird | Vanadium | Prospect |
Storms near this place
6 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Canelo in 6 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 wildfire, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2002 | Wildfire | Canelo | $90,000 | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Wildfire | Canelo | $90,000 | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canelo | $15,000 | The highest of several measured thunderstorm gusts in excess of 60 mph ripped a roof off a barn in Canelo. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Canelo | $5,000 | One inch of rain in less than 1 hour caused flash flooding near State Route 83 in the Lyle and Brushy Canyon areas south of Canelo. Two occupants of a pickup truck were rescued from three feet of flowing water. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canelo | - | The Canelo RAWS site recorded a wind gust of 70 mph. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canelo | - | Thunderstorm outflows from severe storms in Cochise County produced a peak wind gust of 77 mph at Canelo RAWS at 2030MST, 60 MPH at a CWOP station near Patagonia and 59 mph at KOLS Nogales Airport at 2044MST. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elgin | 8.1 miles | 27 | |
| Hacienda Los Encino | 10.7 miles | 28 | |
| Harshaw | 11.5 miles | 22 | |
| Sonoita | 12.0 miles | 28 | |
| Trench Camp | 12.6 miles | 22 | |
| Patagonia | 12.8 miles | 22 | |
| Washington Camp | 14.5 miles | 22 | |
| Duquesne | 14.9 miles | 23 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Canelo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5032258 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 27253. 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.












