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Chiricahua, Arizona

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Elfrida census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85607. The Survey maps it on the Paramore Crater quadrangle.

Chiricahua within Cochise County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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.

Photographs

8 photographs, 2018

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Landscape at Chiricahua National Monument, a National Park Service unit in Cochise County, Arizona, that includes balanced rocks and hoodoos, thin spires of rock that protrude from the bottom of an arid badland
Landscape at Chiricahua National Monument, a National Park Service unit in Cochise County, Arizona, that includes balanced rocks and hoodoos, thin spires of rock that protrude from the bottom of an arid badland
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress
Rock formations at Chiricahua National Monument, a National Park Service unit in Cochise County, Arizona, that includes balanced rocks and hoodoos, thin spires of rock that protrude from the bottom of an arid badland
Rock formations at Chiricahua National Monument, a National Park Service unit in Cochise County, Arizona, that includes balanced rocks and hoodoos, thin spires of rock that protrude from the bottom of an arid badland
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress
The remnants of Fort Bowie, a 19th-century outpost from which the United States Army battled the area's Chiricahua Apaches
The remnants of Fort Bowie, a 19th-century outpost from which the United States Army battled the area's Chiricahua Apaches
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress
Rock formations at Chiricahua National Monument, a National Park Service unit in Cochise County, Arizona, that includes balanced rocks and hoodoos, thin spires of rock that protrude from the bottom of an arid badland
Rock formations at Chiricahua National Monument, a National Park Service unit in Cochise County, Arizona, that includes balanced rocks and hoodoos, thin spires of rock that protrude from the bottom of an arid badland
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress
Rock formations at Chiricahua National Monument, a National Park Service unit in Cochise County, Arizona, that includes balanced rocks and hoodoos, thin spires of rock that protrude from the bottom of an arid badland
Rock formations at Chiricahua National Monument, a National Park Service unit in Cochise County, Arizona, that includes balanced rocks and hoodoos, thin spires of rock that protrude from the bottom of an arid badland
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress
Rock formations at Chiricahua National Monument, a National Park Service unit in Cochise County, Arizona, that includes balanced rocks and hoodoos, thin spires of rock that protrude from the bottom of an arid badland
Rock formations at Chiricahua National Monument, a National Park Service unit in Cochise County, Arizona, that includes balanced rocks and hoodoos, thin spires of rock that protrude from the bottom of an arid badland
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress
Rock formations at Chiricahua National Monument, a National Park Service unit in Cochise County, Arizona, that includes balanced rocks and hoodoos, thin spires of rock that protrude from the bottom of an arid badland
Rock formations at Chiricahua National Monument, a National Park Service unit in Cochise County, Arizona, that includes balanced rocks and hoodoos, thin spires of rock that protrude from the bottom of an arid badland
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress
The remnants of Fort Bowie, a 19th-century outpost from which the United States Army battled the area's Chiricahua Apaches
The remnants of Fort Bowie, a 19th-century outpost from which the United States Army battled the area's Chiricahua Apaches
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

19 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Chiricahua between 1994 and 2020, burning about 165 acres in total. 6 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/undetermined12
Natural6
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
4 September 2009Natural9.3 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeHILLY
30 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeBLACK
21 August 1994Natural40 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
7 July 2007Natural60 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficePRICE CANYON
28 June 1999Naturalunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeCANYON
26 June 2002Natural2.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficePRICE
2 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeSAN SIMON
6 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast DistrictBOSS RANCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cochise County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Chiricahua: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Volcanic Materials, Pumice. 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
Pedregosa Mtn. No. 1 Cinder PitVolcanic MaterialsOccurrenceCinders
UnknownPumicePast 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
Bernardino (historical)6.8 miles19
Apache8.9 miles20
Cazador11.9 miles20
McNeal22.8 miles19
Portal22.8 miles22
Douglas23.5 miles23
Pirtleville23.5 miles23
Paradise23.7 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24364. 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.