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Dehorn, Arizona

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the San Carlos census division. It stands on Turkey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chiricahua Butte quadrangle.

Dehorn within Gila County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

34 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Dehorn between 1993 and 2020, burning about 43,335 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 2 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
Natural27
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 August 1998Natural300 acresSan Carlos Agency1002
7 August 1998Natural2,500 acresSan Carlos AgencyBLUE RIVER
6 August 2000Natural1.5 acresSan Carlos AgencyVALLEY
5 August 2000Natural10 acresSan Carlos Agency216
4 August 2000Naturalunder an acreSan Carlos AgencyTURKEY
4 August 2000Natural150 acresSan Carlos AgencyHIDDEN
31 August 2009Natural6.1 acresSan Carlos AgencyDEHORN RANCH
3 August 2000Natural200 acresSan Carlos AgencyDRIPPING

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gila 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
Rocky Junction5.0 miles11
Bear Canyon Junction11.4 miles12
Black River Crossing12.9 miles13
Sawmill13.1 miles12
San Carlos19.2 miles12
Canyon Day19.5 miles12
Fort Apache Junction20.4 miles12
Peridot20.9 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24397. 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.