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Cashion, Arizona

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Phoenix census division. The Survey maps it on the Tolleson quadrangle.

Cashion within Maricopa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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.

Photographs

1 photograph, 1913

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Cashion's Ranch looking south
Cashion's Ranch looking south
West Coast Art Co., photographer, 1913. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

1,052 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,052 fires within 5 miles of Cashion between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,218 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 79 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/undetermined921
Arson/incendiarism79
Natural15
Debris and open burning14
Equipment and vehicle use11
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1
Smoking1

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
9 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.2 acresPima AgencyEARLY
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office154832
7 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAvondale Fire and Medical Department232342
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office155244
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAvondale Fire and Medical Department232270
5 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-121611
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-111659
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-101893

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maricopa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Cashion: 8 past producers, 8 unknowns, 4 producers, 1 plant. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Brick Clay, Clay. 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
Building Products Co.ClayPlant
Tolleson MineBrick ClayProducerClay
Agua Fria Pit National S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Allied Concrete PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Allied Concrete,Sand & Gravel PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Blm Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Maricopa County

Storms near this place

12 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cashion in 12 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flood. The reports record 9 injuries. 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
September 1994Thunderstorm WindCashion9 hurt, $5,000,000A micro burst struck a school building at the Littleton Elementary School in the community of Cashion, two miles SW of Tolleson. The roof was torn off about eight classrooms with one teacher and eight children being injured. A National Weather Service Storm Survey Team estimated winds of 100 mph. A teacher reported the ground covered with hail, some golf ball-size. A weather spotter at 75th Avenue and Camelback Road reported 1.25 hail. A mile long stretch of power poles were downed near 107th Avenue and Interstate 10. Damage to the school was estimated in excess of $500,000.
October 2010HailCashion$900,000,000Hailstorm moved from southwest to northeast across the central Phoenix area. Hail up to 1.5 diameter fell in this swath. The hail broke hundreds of skylights and damaged roofs and cars from southwest Phoenix, to north central Phoenix, to Carefree.
March 2023FloodCashion$15,000Two people became stranded on top of their vehicle in the Salt River along 91st Avenue near Baseline Road after attempting to cross through the flooded roadway. The initial call for help occurred on the 17th around 1845 MST. They were safely rescued by the fire department via helicopter. No injuries were reported. Event timing is based on releases from Granite Reef Dam.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindCashion$2,000Pictures on social media show multiple snapped tree due to strong downburst winds. Wind speeds estimated around 55 to 60 mph. Timing based on radar. No injuries were reported.
October 2018FloodCashion$2,000Copious amounts of tropical moisture spread north into the greater Phoenix area during the morning hours on October 2nd; the moisture was associated with former hurricane Rosa. The moisture led to the development of widespread moderate to heavy showers which resulted in flash flooding during the morning hours across much of the western Phoenix area, including communities such as Avondale and Goodyear. By late morning flash flooding gave way to areal flooding and many roads became closed due to the flooding. According to a local emergency manager, at 1315MST Lower Buckeye Road was closed at the Agua Fria River due to flooding. This was about 1 mile east of Avondale. An Areal Flood Warning had been in effect for the area earlier and it expired at 1315MST. The flooding persisted into the afternoon; fortunately no accidents were reported.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindCashion-A mesonet site located at the Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale measured a 66 mph wind gust.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindCashion-A mesonet station located at the Phoenix Raceway in Avondale measured a 59 mph wind gust.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindCashion-A mesonet station located at the Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale measured a 68 mph gust.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindCashion-A 65 mph wind gust was measured at a mesonet station located at the Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindCashion-A 58 mph wind gust was measured at a mesonet station located in the area of South Avondale Boulevard and West Coldwater Springs Boulevard in Avondale.
September 1994HailCashion-A micro burst struck a school building at the Littleton Elementary School in the community of Cashion, two miles SW of Tolleson. The roof was torn off about eight classrooms with one teacher and eight children being injured. A National Weather Service Storm Survey Team estimated winds of 100 mph. A teacher reported the ground covered with hail, some golf ball-size. A weather spotter at 75th Avenue and Camelback Road reported 1.25 hail. A mile long stretch of power poles were downed near 107th Avenue and Interstate 10. Damage to the school was estimated in excess of $500,000.
September 1996Thunderstorm WindCashion-no account filed

Every storm 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
Country Villa2.2 miles23
Tolleson2.3 miles23
Winnwood Homes2.5 miles23
Avondale2.7 miles23
Litchfield3.1 miles23
Goodyear3.2 miles23
Litchfield Junction3.5 miles23
Estrella Camp4.2 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2511. 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.