BlockDiamond Bell Ranch, Arizona
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Arivaca census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85736. The Survey maps it on the Stevens Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1920 USGS Arivaca quadrangle1:125000
- 1940 USGS Palo Alto Ranch quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Palo Alto Ranch quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Stevens Mtn. quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Sells quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Diamond Bell Ranch between 1993 and 2017, burning about 357 acres in total. 2 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 | 12 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Three Points Fire District | not named |
| 2 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Three Points Fire District | not named |
| 23 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Three Points Fire District | not named |
| 8 July 1993 | Natural | 75 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 12 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Three Points Fire District | not named |
| 10 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Three Points Fire District | not named |
| 1 July 2013 | Natural | 100 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | BOWL |
| 8 June 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 41 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Diamond Bell Ranch: 17 past producers, 16 occurrences, 4 producers, 3 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Uranium, Lead, Silver, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aguinaldo Mine Group | Lead, Silver, Manganese, Copper, Gold, Molybdenum | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrolusite | |
| Aguinaldo Mine Group | Silver, Copper, Lead, Manganese, Gold, Molybdenum | Past Producer | ||
| Big Johnny - Little Johnny Claims | Silver, Lead, Copper, Manganese, Gold, Molybdenum | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Wulfenite | |
| Big Johnny Little Johnny Mines | Lead, Manganese, Silver, Copper, Molybdenum, Gold, Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Black Beauty Mine | Copper, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Black Dike Mine | Uranium, Lead, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite, Manganese, Tungsten | Past Producer | 1915 | |
| Black Dyke Mine | Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Clark Group | Silver, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | 1920 | |
| Hump Or Purcell Claims | Gold, Manganese, Molybdenum, Silver, Copper | Producer | 1946 | |
| Lincoln Mine Group | Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Points | 7.3 miles | 21 | |
| Robles Junction | 7.3 miles | 21 | |
| San Xavier | 9.9 miles | 21 | |
| Corner Windmill | 10.3 miles | 21 | |
| Nawt Vaya | 11.7 miles | 21 | |
| Twin Buttes | 12.7 miles | 21 | |
| San Pedro | 13.3 miles | 21 | |
| Uhs Kug | 14.3 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 25236. 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.