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Chamiso, Arizona

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Benson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85602. The Survey maps it on the Benson quadrangle.

Chamiso within Cochise County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

136 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Chamiso between 1992 and 2020, burning about 370 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined90
Smoking14
Equipment and vehicle use12
Natural7
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMescal-J6 Fire Districtnot named
6 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
29 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeCORNFIELD
22 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeSKYLINE
20 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
13 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
1 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeSKYLINE
9 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeSKYLINE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cochise County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Chamiso: 6 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Geothermal, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Bentonite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Benson Clay DepositGypsum-Anhydrite, BentoniteOccurrence
Pit No.1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pomerene MillTungstenPast Producer
UnknownCopperOccurrence
UnknownGeothermalProducer
UnknownGeothermalProducer
UnknownGeothermalProducer
UnknownGeothermalProducer
UnknownGeothermalProducer

Every working recorded in Cochise 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
Benson3.6 miles21
Pomerene3.7 miles21
Mescal4.3 miles21
Fenner6.7 miles21
Saint David9.6 miles21
Curtiss10.0 miles21
Escalante Crossing11.9 miles21
Tully12.3 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24357. 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.