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Chaparral, Arizona

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Deer Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85308. The Survey maps it on the Hedgpeth Hills quadrangle.

Chaparral 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

847 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 847 fires within 5 miles of Chaparral between 1993 and 2020, burning about 642 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined826
Arson/incendiarism15
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1
Natural1
Debris and open burning1

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 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-122600
9 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-122601
9 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-122599
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-111669
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department333083
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office154088
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-101204
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department330530

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maricopa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Chaparral: 9 past producers, 5 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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
Gravel PitCopper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, GoldUnknown
Stone QuarryStonePast Producer
Thunderbird Granite PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel

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
Saddlehorn Ranch0.5 miles19
Pioneer Estates0.6 miles19
Sunset Vista0.6 miles19
Shadow Hills0.9 miles19
College Park1.1 miles19
Woodridge VI1.1 miles19
Lexington Place1.2 miles19
Overland Trail1.3 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24779. 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.