BlockCochran, Arizona
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the San Manuel census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85137. The Survey maps it on the North Butte quadrangle. It stands 1,640 feet above sea level.
On record in Cochran
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Butte-Cochran Charcoal Ovenslisted 1975 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1900 USGS Florence quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Florence quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS North Butte quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1994 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Cochran between 1992 and 2019, burning about 5,838 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2019 | Natural | 111 acres | Gila District Office | GILA RIVER |
| 31 July 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Gila District Office | DIVERSION |
| 29 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 21 July 1994 | Natural | 50 acres | Phoenix District Office | FOOTHILL |
| 10 July 2017 | Natural | 25 acres | Gila District Office | COCHRAN |
| 24 June 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,471 acres | Phoenix District Office | WHITECANYO |
| 14 June 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 24 May 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | COCHRAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Cochran: 7 past producers, 6 prospects, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Gold, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exxon Corp | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Ironside Mining Co Property | Gold, Lead, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Patrick & Wells Prospects | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Unknown | |
| Pioneer | Silver, Copper, Thorium, Iron, Gold, Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Rainbow Silver Mine | Silver, Copper, Lead | Producer | Vein | |
| Roosevelt Group | Lead, Zinc, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Silver Bell-Martinez Mine | Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Zinc, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1880, 1971 | |
| Silver-Bell Property | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | 1880 | |
| White King Group | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Chalcocite Group | Copper, Gold, Silver | Prospect |
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.
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 Cochran | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5139416 | 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 24373. 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.