Cazador, Arizona
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Douglas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85607. The Survey maps it on the College Peaks quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1919 USGS Perilla quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1940 USGS College Peaks quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS College Peaks quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS College Peaks quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS College Peaks quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
21 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Cazador between 1994 and 2018, burning about 4,558 acres in total. 6 started naturally. None 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 | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast District | HOG CANNON |
| 2 August 1994 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 18 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | PEDREGOSA |
| 24 July 2018 | Natural | 4,447 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast District | BRUNO |
| 15 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | HEALY |
| 21 June 1994 | Natural | 50 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 15 June 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | COLLEGE |
| 13 June 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | COLLEGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cazador: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gypsite Quarries | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bernardino (historical) | 5.9 miles | 19 | |
| Pirtleville | 11.9 miles | 23 | |
| Chiricahua | 11.9 miles | 20 | |
| Douglas | 12.1 miles | 23 | |
| Calumet | 13.6 miles | 23 | |
| Double Adobe | 14.3 miles | 23 | |
| McNeal | 15.2 miles | 19 | |
| Forrest | 18.3 miles | 22 |
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 Q122597125 | 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 24349. 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.









