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Chandler Heights, Arizona

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Chandler census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85142. The Survey maps it on the Chandler Heights quadrangle. It stands 1,421 feet above sea level.

Chandler Heights within Maricopa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

222 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 222 fires within 5 miles of Chandler Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,964 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined185
Arson/incendiarism15
Debris and open burning7
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural2
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-132044
30 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office77611
30 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreQueen Creek Fire Department77540
27 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
27 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
27 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeNOT NAMED
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeNOT NAMED
21 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreQueen Creek Fire Department74993

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maricopa 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 Chandler Heights: 3 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Bee Tree Eldorado MineSilver, LeadProspect
Germania GroupCopper, Gold, StoneOccurrence
Morning Star ClaimsGold, SilverPast Producer
Rodney-Carter GroupGold, CopperProspect
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel
Superior Marble MillMarble, DimensionProducer
CarterCopper, GoldProspect
Lucky StrikeGoldOccurrenceUnknown
Wright GroupCopper, GoldOccurrence

Every working 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
Sanokai Village1.7 miles19
Queen Creek3.7 miles19
Germann4.6 miles20
Higley6.8 miles20
Serape8.1 miles20
Hacienda Solano Park8.5 miles20
Nortons Corner8.5 miles20
Hamilton Corner8.6 miles20

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.

Wikipedia article on Chandler HeightsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5071166The 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 2749. 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.