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Carefree Foothills, Arizona

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Deer Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85266. It lies near Black Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Cave Creek quadrangle.

Carefree Foothills within Maricopa 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

93 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Carefree Foothills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,245 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined84
Natural3
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
21 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office154862
14 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDaisy Mountain Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
1 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
6 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-142023
31 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-111641
3 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-111567
29 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
24 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreScottsdale Fire Department314264

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maricopa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Carefree Foothills: 7 occurrences, 5 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Gold, Silver, Manganese, Mercury, Copper, Gold, Kaolin. 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
Copper TopGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Copper Top MineGold, Copper, Silver, LeadPast Producer1904
G.O. JohnCopper, Silver, Gold, LeadProspect
Lone Mountain GroupLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Lone Mtn GroupCalcium, Semiprecious Gemstone, Magnesite, SilicaOccurrence
Morman GirlGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, SilicaOccurrenceVein
Mormon Girl-Pat.#2678Copper, Gold, Lead, Manganese, Silver, Zinc, SilicaPast Producer
Pearl ChemicalKaolinUnknown
Pearl Chemical Clay DepositClayPast Producer
Silica OccurrenceSilica, QuartzOccurrenceQuartz

Every working 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
Dove Valley Ranch1.6 miles20
Lone Mountain Ranch2.0 miles20
Desert Wind2.2 miles20
Carefree2.3 miles20
Cave Creek2.4 miles20
Trovia3.1 miles20
Dixileta Verde3.4 miles20
Sincuidados3.9 miles20

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.

Wikidata item Q122562258The 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 2058355. 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.