Charleston, Arizona
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Sierra Vista census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85638. It lies near Graveyard Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Fairbank quadrangle. It stands 3,990 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1915 USGS Benson quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1932 USGS Fairbank quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Benson quadrangle1:125000
- 1952 USGS Fairbank quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Tombstone quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Fort Huachuca quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1996 USGS Fairbank quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
83 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Charleston (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,202 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined | 43 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Gila District Office | SATURDAY |
| 18 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Gila District Office | CHARLESTON |
| 26 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Gila District Office | FENCE POST |
| 23 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Gila District Office | TRASH CAN |
| 20 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Gila District Office | CHARLESTON |
| 7 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Gila District Office | BRUNKOW |
| 6 July 2007 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Gila District Office | TARGET |
| 5 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | 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 of 24 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Charleston (historical): 18 past producers, 2 producers, 2 occurrences, 2 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Silver, Copper, Manganese, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alkie Mine | Copper, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | 1938, 1954 | |
| Alkie Mine | Copper, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Arlington Mine | Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1924 | |
| Arlington Mine | Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Charleston Lead Mine | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Clay, Copper, Mica, Arsenic | Past Producer | ||
| Charleston Lead Mine & Prospects | Lead, Zinc, Mica, Clay | Past Producer | 1944, 1961 | |
| Eocene Research Plant | Silver | Producer | ||
| Franklin Claim | Silver, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Gallagher Vanadium & Rare Minerals Corporation Mine | Vanadium, Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Molybdenum, Manganese | Past Producer | 1929, 1953 | |
| Gallagher Vanadium and Rare Mineral | Vanadium, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Springs | 4.1 miles | 22 | |
| Fairbank (historical) | 6.1 miles | 21 | |
| Benson Junction | 7.3 miles | 21 | |
| Tombstone | 7.7 miles | 21 | |
| Village Meadows | 7.9 miles | 26 | |
| Fry | 8.5 miles | 26 | |
| Huachuca City | 8.6 miles | 25 | |
| Sierra Vista | 8.9 miles | 26 |
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 Charleston (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1433246 | The 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 24360. 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.









