BlockCedar Creek Crossing, Arizona
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Fort Apache census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85941. The Survey maps it on the Cone Butte quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1954 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Cone Butte quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Cone Butte quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Seneca quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
74 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Creek Crossing between 1992 and 2019, burning about 5,332 acres in total. 32 started naturally. 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | TRASHTRUCK |
| 3 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | HWY 60 TAN |
| 28 September 1994 | Smoking | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | MP 315 |
| 1 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | BIG CANYON |
| 24 August 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | not named |
| 21 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | AMOS |
| 20 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | not named |
| 20 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Creek Crossing: 1 occurrence, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Apache | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Middle and East Cedar Creeks | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | Gypsum |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Creek | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Carrizo | 10.0 miles | 12 | |
| Black River Crossing | 10.5 miles | 13 | |
| Canyon Day | 10.8 miles | 12 | |
| Fort Apache Junction | 11.8 miles | 12 | |
| Seneca | 18.1 miles | 18 | |
| Sawmill | 20.0 miles | 12 | |
| Chrysotile | 21.2 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24351. 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.