Casa del Oro, Arizona
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the San Manuel census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85739. It lies near The Cordones. The Survey maps it on the Oracle quadrangle.
On record in Casa del Oro
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Rancho Solanolisted 1995 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 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.
- 1911 USGS Winkelman quadrangle1:125000
- 1913 USGS Winkelman quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Oracle quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Mammoth quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1988 USGS Oracle quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Oracle quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
67 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Casa del Oro between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,607 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined | 35 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | FALCON |
| 3 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oracle Volunteer Fire District | not named |
| 3 September 1996 | Smoking | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 9 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 8 August 1995 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 7 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 4 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | ALTO |
| 30 August 1995 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Casa del Oro: 10 past producers, 6 prospects, 4 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burney | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Burney Mines | Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Gold, Manganese | Producer | 1947, 1967 | |
| Evergreen Group | Lead, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Gold Hill Mine | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Irene Wash | Vermiculite | Occurrence | Metamorphic | |
| Little Hill Mine | Copper, Molybdenum, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | 1885 | |
| Little Hill Mines | Silica, Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Little Mattie Claims | Copper, Lead, Vermiculite, Gold, Silica, Silver | Prospect | ||
| North Cross Extension | Gold, Lead, Silver, Molybdenum, Copper, Vanadium | Occurrence | ||
| Orizaba Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saddle Brooke | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Oracle | 4.5 miles | 20 | |
| Oracle Junction | 5.0 miles | 21 | |
| Highjinks | 5.6 miles | 28 | |
| Campo Bonito | 5.7 miles | 28 | |
| San Manuel | 11.4 miles | 28 | |
| Fordville | 11.8 miles | 25 | |
| Tiger | 12.4 miles | 25 |
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 Q122569556 | 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 27316. 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.










