Cascabel, Arizona
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Benson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85602. It stands on Hot Springs Canyon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Soza Canyon quadrangle. It stands 3,196 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1945 USGS Redington quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Redington quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Soza Canyon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Soza Canyon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
13 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Cascabel between 1992 and 2009, burning about 5,183 acres in total. 1 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 | 10 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 July 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 1 July 1994 | Natural | 5,153 acres | Coronado National Forest | REDINGTON |
| 25 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | CASCABEL |
| 20 May 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | San Carlos Agency | STEELE |
| 18 May 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Carlos Agency | CHINA |
| 12 May 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Carlos Agency | SPRING |
| 12 May 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Carlos Agency | BRIDGE |
| 21 April 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Cascabel: 8 occurrences, 3 producers, 2 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Geothermal, Fluorine-Fluorite, Molybdenum, Tungsten. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Christmas | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Molybdenum, Tungsten | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Driscoll Mountain Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Driscoll Mtn Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | ||
| Name Unknown | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Name Unknown | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Name Unknown | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Redfield Claims | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Robles Spring | Uranium | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
6 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cascabel in 6 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Cascabel | 1 hurt, $8,000 | A woman and her dog became trapped in their truck when she attempted to drive through a flooded wash crossing Cascabel Road. The woman did not realize that water had washed the road away. When she attempted to cross the wash, the vehicle dropped 3 feet into the water before it was pushed downstream about 200 yards. Cascabel fire personnel and civilians were able to rescue both the woman and her dog. The woman was transported to a nearby hospital and treated for severe hypothermia. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Cascabel | $10,000 | Flash flooding caused a vehicle to be swept away on Cascabel Road. Driver was swept three-quarters of a mile downstream to the San Pedro River resulting in the need to be rescued. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cascabel | $5,000 | A metal three-sided hay barn was flattened by thunderstorm winds at an exotic bird sanctuary in Cascabel, AZ. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cascabel | - | A thunderstorm gust to 76 mph was recorded at Muleshoe Ranch RAWS in northwest Cochise County. |
| September 1993 | Hail | Cascabel | - | Crops and pecan trees were badly damaged by large hail. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Cascabel | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Cascabel | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5048071 | 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 27318. 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.









