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Citrus Hills, Arizona

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Phoenix census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85042. It lies near Neighborhood Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Phoenix quadrangle.

Citrus Hills within Maricopa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 26 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

1,449 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,449 fires within 5 miles of Citrus Hills between 1993 and 2020, burning about 545 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 37 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/undetermined1377
Arson/incendiarism37
Natural27
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking1

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department334642
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department334604
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department334484
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department332813
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department331660
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-111661
30 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-132962
30 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-132963

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maricopa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Citrus Hills: 9 past producers, 6 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
DeltaGold, Silver, Copper, IronPast Producer
Delta MineGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer1895, 1913, 1942
Gabitzsch-OwensTungsten, CopperProspect
Muscovite Placer-Pat. 2964MicaUnknown
Sanner PitGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerMetamorphic
Skanner PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Phoenix BrickyardClayPlant
Tolleson Clay PitClayProducer
Arizona S&R, Main PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

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
Villa Monte Vista1.3 miles26
La Montana del Sur1.5 miles26
Patrick Park1.5 miles26
Wonder Rift2.3 miles26
South Phoenix2.5 miles26
Cimarron2.7 miles23
Parkside3.5 miles21
The Pointe at South Mountain3.5 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24788. 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.