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Courtland, Arizona

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Elfrida census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85625. It lies near Turquoise Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Turquoise Mountain quadrangle.

Courtland within Cochise County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

24 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Courtland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 703 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 1 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
Natural11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
26 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.6 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast DistrictGLEEAZSON RD
6 August 2016Naturalunder an acreGila District OfficeTURQUOISE
24 August 1995Natural2.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
8 July 2008Natural210 acresGila District OfficeGHOST
13 July 2007Natural13 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeCOURTLAND
13 July 2007Naturalunder an acreGila District OfficeGHOST TOWN
1 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeGUN SMOKE
30 June 2012Natural21 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeCOURTLAND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cochise County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 86 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 86 workings within 5 miles of Courtland: 58 past producers, 18 producers, 7 prospects, 2 occurrences. 18 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Copper, Silver, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Armstrong MineLead, Copper, Silver, GoldPast ProducerReplacement
Armstrong MineCopper, Silver, Gold, LeadPast Producer
Avalon ClaimGemstoneProducerTurquoise
Casey MineCopper, Gold, Silver, LeadProducer1916, 1937
Copper Belle MineCopper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, BismuthPast Producer
Copper Ox MineCopper, Manganese, Silver, GoldPast Producer1915, 1919
Copper Rocks MineManganese, Silver, Copper, GoldPast Producer
Costello ClaimsLead, Zinc, CopperProducerReplacement
Defiance MineLead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold, Semiprecious Gemstone, VanadiumPast Producer1900, 1958
Germania MineCopper, Silver, Gold, Semiprecious GemstoneProducer1909, 1940

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
Gleeson2.7 miles21
Grizzles Orchard3.4 miles19
Black Diamond7.3 miles19
Elfrida8.7 miles19
Pearce9.3 miles18
Sunizona11.3 miles19
Arizona Sun Sites12.9 miles18
McNeal13.8 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24387. 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.