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Central Heights, Arizona

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Globe-Miami census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85501. It lies near Russell Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Globe quadrangle.

Central Heights within Gila County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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.

Fires near this place

150 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Central Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 230 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined80
Natural29
Arson/incendiarism15
Equipment and vehicle use7
Debris and open burning6
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTri-City Fire Districtnot named
8 September 1997Natural155 acresTonto National ForestMUSKHOG
6 September 1995Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestBEAUTY
30 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTonto National Forestnot named
29 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTri-City Fire District2703
29 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGlobe Fire Department1433
25 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGlobe Fire Department1418
25 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTri-City Fire District2663

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gila County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 161 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 161 workings within 5 miles of Central Heights: 94 past producers, 44 producers, 10 prospects, 9 occurrences. 45 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Copper, Gold, Silver. 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
Albert Lea MineSilver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Molybdenum, Vanadium, ZincPast Producer1941, 1946
Albert Lea TunnelsSilver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, VanadiumPast Producer
Apache MineVanadium, Lead, Molybdenum, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold, Semiprecious GemstonePast Producer1875, 1929, 1957
Arizona Commercial MineCopper, Gold, Silver, SilicaPast Producer1905, 1979
Azurite MineClayOccurrence
Azurite PropertyCopper, Semiprecious GemstoneProducer
Big Johnnie MineCopper, IronPast Producer1901
Cedar Tree DepositSilver, Copper, Gold, TungstenPast Producer
Copper Cities & Diamond HCopper, Gold, Zinc, Silver, Molybdenum, Lead, Uranium, GemstonePast Producer1896
Copper HillCopper, Silica, Silver, UraniumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Gila 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
Midland City0.5 miles20
Miami Gardens0.7 miles20
Little Acres1.3 miles20
Claypool1.5 miles20
Globe2.0 miles20
Lower Miami2.2 miles20
Burch2.4 miles20
Dimario Place2.4 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 27469. 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.