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Dixie, Arizona

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Buckeye census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85354. It lies near Arlington Mesa. The Survey maps it on the Arlington quadrangle. It stands 902 feet above sea level.

Dixie within Maricopa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

80 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Dixie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,494 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined63
Debris and open burning5
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
21 September 1995Natural150 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
18 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBuckeye Fire Department346788
11 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBuckeye Fire Department337123
8 August 2008Natural517 acresPhoenix District OfficeROBBINS
7 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
6 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maricopa County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Dixie: 6 unknowns, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Perlite, Semiprecious Gemstone, Uranium, Feldspar, Iron, Mica, Niobium (Columbium), Quartz, Titanium. 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
ArrowheadSemiprecious Gemstone, Uranium, Feldspar, Iron, Mica, Niobium (Columbium), Quartz, TitaniumOccurrence
Powers ButtePerliteUnknown
Powers Butte Perlite DepositPerliteOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
SandpitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Maricopa County

Storms near this place

2 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dixie in 2 storm reports in 2023: 2 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2023FloodDixie-Baseline Rd between Johnson Rd and 331st Ave was closed due to flooding from the overflow of the Hassayampa River. No damages or injuries were reported.
March 2023FloodDixie-A video posted onto social media showed water from the Hassayampa River flowing along Baseline Road, causing its closure. No damages or injuries were reported.

Every storm recorded in Maricopa 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
Hassayampa1.9 miles19
Arlington2.4 miles17
Palo Verde4.3 miles19
Conger5.4 miles19
Wintersburg7.4 miles17
Crag8.6 miles16
Allenville9.1 miles19
Buckeye9.2 miles19

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.

Wikidata item Q28221379The 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 24400. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.