Chaney Place, Arizona
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Safford census division. It lies near Sands Draw. The Survey maps it on the Martin Well quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1917 USGS San Simon quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1928 USGS Bowie quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Bowie quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Bowie quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Martin Well quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Willcox quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Chaney Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 84 acres in total. 2 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 | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 July 1992 | Natural | 83 acres | Gila District Office | JAVALINEPK |
| 2 July 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Gila District Office | GOLD GULCH |
| 18 July 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Gila District Office | TRIFECTA |
| 12 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Gila District Office | HOWARD |
| 3 November 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Gila District Office | MILEMARKER 355 |
| 20 January 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Chaney Place: 7 producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Zeolites. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bms Claims | Zeolites | Producer | Chabazite | |
| Bms Mine | Zeolites | Producer | Chabazite | |
| Bowie Chabazite Deposit | Zeolites | Producer | ||
| Bowie Zeolite Deposit | Zeolites | Producer | 1875, 1962 | |
| Cholla Claims | Zeolites | Producer | Chabazite | |
| Ez Mine | Zeolites | Producer | Chabazite | |
| Ez Mines | Zeolites | Prospect | ||
| Grace Chabazite Mine | Zeolites | Producer | Chabazite, Clinoptilolite, Erionite | |
| Nrg Mining Co. Claims | Zeolites | Occurrence | Analcime, Chabazite, Clinoptilolite, Erionite | |
| Unpatented Claims-Cholla | Zeolites | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitlock Cienega | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Little Franks | 7.8 miles | 17 | |
| Tanque | 13.3 miles | 10 | |
| Artesia | 24.2 miles | 11 | |
| Swift Trail Junction | 25.8 miles | 11 | |
| Gripe | 26.4 miles | 12 | |
| San Jose | 26.6 miles | 12 | |
| Lebanon | 26.6 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24358. 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.








