Desert Valley Estates, Arizona

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.

• 1954 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
• 1957 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
• 1958 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
• 1960 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
• 1964 USGS Union Hills quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
• 1969 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1971 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
• 1971 USGS Union Hills quadrangle1:24000
• 1988 USGS Phoenix North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,100 fires within 5 miles of Desert Valley Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 117 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 20 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Valley View
• The Town Square
• Desert Bell Estates II
• Quail Country Place
• Wild Flower
• Brandywine

Every fire recorded in Maricopa County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 49 workings within 5 miles of Desert Valley Estates: 22 unknowns, 21 past producers, 4 producers, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Stone, Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Maricopa County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

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.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24830. 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.