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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.

Charleston 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

83 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined43
Natural12
Recreation and ceremony9
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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
19 September 1992Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresGila District OfficeSATURDAY
18 September 2018Naturalunder an acreGila District OfficeCHARLESTON
26 August 2006Naturalunder an acreGila District OfficeFENCE POST
23 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGila District OfficeTRASH CAN
20 August 2001Naturalunder an acreGila District OfficeCHARLESTON
7 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGila District OfficeBRUNKOW
6 July 2007Natural5.0 acresGila District OfficeTARGET
5 July 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cochise County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Alkie MineCopper, Silver, LeadPast Producer1938, 1954
Alkie MineCopper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Arlington MineLead, Copper, Gold, SilverPast Producer1924
Arlington MineGold, Lead, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Charleston Lead MineLead, Silver, Zinc, Clay, Copper, Mica, ArsenicPast Producer
Charleston Lead Mine & ProspectsLead, Zinc, Mica, ClayPast Producer1944, 1961
Eocene Research PlantSilverProducer
Franklin ClaimSilver, LeadProspect
Gallagher Vanadium & Rare Minerals Corporation MineVanadium, Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Molybdenum, ManganesePast Producer1929, 1953
Gallagher Vanadium and Rare MineralVanadium, Copper, Gold, Lead, SilverPast Producer

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
Lewis Springs4.1 miles22
Fairbank (historical)6.1 miles21
Benson Junction7.3 miles21
Tombstone7.7 miles21
Village Meadows7.9 miles26
Fry8.5 miles26
Huachuca City8.6 miles25
Sierra Vista8.9 miles26

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 Q1433246The 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.