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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.

Canelo within Santa Cruz County

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 26 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

102 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined37
Natural34
Recreation and ceremony11
Equipment and vehicle use11
Smoking4
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
29 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCoronado National ForestCANELO PASS
9 August 2019Naturalunder an acreCoronado National ForestSCOTT PEAK
8 August 2000Naturalunder an acreCoronado National ForestLYLE
25 August 2015Naturalunder an acreCoronado National ForestBURNING TREE
25 August 2015Natural56 acresGila District OfficeBALD HILL
20 August 2013Naturalunder an acreCoronado National ForestBEAR TANK
19 August 2011Natural1.2 acresGila District OfficeRANCH
18 August 1994Naturalunder an acreCoronado National ForestO'DONNELL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Cruz County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Anderson GroupGold, Silver, Lead, VanadiumPast Producer
Blue Bird GroupTungsten, Beryllium, Antimony, ManganeseProspect1957
Candelo HillsLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceSedimentary
Jensen GroupCopper, Gold, Lead, ZincProspect
La Plata MineSilver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, ManganeseProducerArgentite, Cerargyrite, Copper, Lead
La Plata MineSilver, Copper, Gold, Manganese, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Limestone Deposit, Canelo HillsLimestone, DimensionUnknown
Manila MineLead, Silver, Gold, CopperProducer1924, 1949
Manila MineSilver, LeadPast Producer
Yellow BirdVanadiumProspect

Every working recorded in Santa Cruz County

Storms near this place

6 since 2002

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2002WildfireCanelo$90,000no account filed
May 2002WildfireCanelo$90,000no account filed
August 2011Thunderstorm WindCanelo$15,000The highest of several measured thunderstorm gusts in excess of 60 mph ripped a roof off a barn in Canelo.
August 2022Flash FloodCanelo$5,000One 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 2024Thunderstorm WindCanelo-The Canelo RAWS site recorded a wind gust of 70 mph.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindCanelo-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.

Every storm recorded in Santa Cruz 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
Elgin8.1 miles27
Hacienda Los Encino10.7 miles28
Harshaw11.5 miles22
Sonoita12.0 miles28
Trench Camp12.6 miles22
Patagonia12.8 miles22
Washington Camp14.5 miles22
Duquesne14.9 miles23

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 CaneloAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5032258The 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.