Corner Windmill, Arizona
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Marana census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85735. The Survey maps it on the Three Points quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 21 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.
- 1934 USGS Tucson Mountains quadrangle1:125000
- 1941 USGS Cocoraque Butte quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Cocoraque Butte quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Three Points quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1992 USGS Three Points quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Silver Bell Mountains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Three Points quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
22 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Corner Windmill between 1997 and 2017, burning about 65 acres in total. 1 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 | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 July 2002 | Natural | 25 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | SNYDER HILL |
| 6 July 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Papago Agency | SNYDER |
| 4 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Three Points Fire District | not named |
| 17 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Three Points Fire District | not named |
| 28 June 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | YELLOW HORSE |
| 25 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Three Points Fire District | not named |
| 25 June 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | SIERRITA MOUNTAIN |
| 24 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Three Points Fire District | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Corner Windmill: 3 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal, REE, Barium-Barite, Copper, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Ben | Copper, Manganese | Unknown | ||
| Cocoraque Butte No. 1 | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | Barite | |
| Sierrita Marble Plant | REE | Past Producer | ||
| Twin Pigs | Copper | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Barium-Barite, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Occurrence |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robles Junction | 2.9 miles | 21 | |
| Three Points | 2.9 miles | 21 | |
| San Pedro | 9.2 miles | 21 | |
| Diamond Bell Ranch | 10.3 miles | 15 | |
| Nawt Vaya | 10.7 miles | 21 | |
| Old Tucson | 12.2 miles | 22 | |
| Old Tucson Estates | 12.9 miles | 21 | |
| Tucson Estates | 13.1 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24382. 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.











