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Crosby Crossing, Arizona

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Eagar-Springerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85920. The Survey maps it on the Rudd Knoll quadrangle.

Crosby Crossing within Apache 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

154 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of Crosby Crossing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,212 acres in total. 110 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
Natural110
Recreation and ceremony30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
8 September 2011Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestSU
5 September 2002Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestOPEN DRAW 2
4 September 2011Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestRAINBOW CAMPGROUND
29 September 2000Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestOPEN DRAW
28 September 2000Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestTHREE FORKS
15 September 2000Natural1.5 acresApache-Sitgreaves National ForestSALT HOUSE
11 September 1993Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National Forestnot named
10 September 2009Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestPONDEROSA PINE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Apache County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Crosby Crossing: 4 unknowns, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Volcanic Materials, Pumice, Perlite. 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
Gila Valley Block Co PropertyPumice, PerliteUnknown
Crescent Cinder DepositVolcanic MaterialsPast Producer
Su Knoll Cinder DepositVolcanic MaterialsPast Producer
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown

Every working recorded in Apache 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
Three Forks4.3 miles15
Boneyard4.5 miles15
Rosebud7.4 miles18
Nutrioso7.7 miles14
Greer9.1 miles18
Northwoods10.0 miles18
Alpine11.6 miles14
Feaster11.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 28182. 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.