BlockDesert Wells, Arizona
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Parker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85348. It stands on Calcite Wash. The Survey maps it on the Vicksburg quadrangle. It stands 1,132 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1942 USGS Vicksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Vicksburg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Salome quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Vicksburg quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
13 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Desert Wells between 1996 and 2019, burning about 16 acres in total. None 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 | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 July 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Colorado River District | EAGLE EYE |
| 4 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Quartzsite Fire District | 785 |
| 24 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | RANECRAS |
| 13 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 acres | Colorado River District | MARSHALL |
| 12 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | GLORY HOLE |
| 26 June 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | VICKSBURG 2 |
| 18 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Central District | SAZTUTZ WELL |
| 12 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Central District | HOPE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Desert Wells: 4 unknowns, 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal, Pumice, Silver, Copper, Manganese, Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona Silver-Copper Prospect | Silver, Copper | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Shamrock Mine | Manganese, Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Hope | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Hope Pumice Deposit | Pumice | Producer | Pumice | |
| Unknown | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Unknown |
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.
Elsewhere
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.
| Wikipedia article on Desert Wells | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q55316873 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 3878. 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.