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Chrysotile, Arizona

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Globe-Miami census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85501. The Survey maps it on the Chrysotile quadrangle.

Chrysotile within Gila County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

39 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Chrysotile between 1993 and 2020, burning about 178 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 3 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
Natural19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
16 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Carlos AgencyTANKS
9 August 1993Naturalunder an acreTonto National Forestnot named
7 August 2009Natural10 acresSan Carlos AgencyZTK
3 August 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTonto National ForestTIMBER
20 August 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFort Apache Agencynot named
4 July 2001Natural2.0 acresTonto National ForestWILLOW
3 July 1996Naturalunder an acreSan Carlos AgencySENECA
27 July 2014Naturalunder an acreSan Carlos AgencySENECA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gila County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 48 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 48 workings within 5 miles of Chrysotile: 30 past producers, 8 prospects, 8 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Asbestos, Uranium, Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Cliffbestos GroupAsbestos, Semiprecious GemstoneUnknown
Cobb & Dunaway GroupAsbestos, ManganesePast ProducerVein
Emsco MineAsbestos, WollastonitePast ProducerVein
Fourth of JulyAsbestos, IronPast ProducerVein
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel
Hillside DepositUranium, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect
Seneca IronIronProspect
Seneca ProspectAsbestos, Tungsten, IronPast ProducerChrysotile, Magnetite, Wollastonite
Snakebit MineUranium, CopperProspect
Snakebit MineUranium, Copper, Lead, ZincOccurrenceVein

Every working recorded in Gila 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
Seneca3.1 miles18
Tucker7.2 miles15
Sawmill12.4 miles12
Dagger13.4 miles17
McMillianville14.0 miles15
Bear Canyon Junction16.8 miles12
Black River Crossing18.9 miles13
Cedar Creek Crossing21.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24368. 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.