BlockDixileta Verde, Arizona
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Phoenix census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85266. The Survey maps it on the Cave Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1930 USGS Cave Creek quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Cave Creek quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Cave Creek quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1994 USGS Theodore Roosevelt Lake quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 2004 USGS Cave Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
102 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Dixileta Verde between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,412 acres in total. 3 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 | 98 |
| Natural | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | 243865 |
| 28 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AZ-133141 |
| 24 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AZ-111920 |
| 21 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Scottsdale Fire Department | 351159 |
| 21 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | 154862 |
| 1 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 6 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AZ-142023 |
| 31 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AZ-122827 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Dixileta Verde: 2 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Quartz, Fluorine-Fluorite, Semiprecious Gemstone, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margurite and Stephens Claims | Semiprecious Gemstone | Unknown | ||
| Morman Girl | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silica | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Mormon Girl-Pat.#2678 | Copper, Gold, Lead, Manganese, Silver, Zinc, Silica | Past Producer | ||
| White Quartz Quarry | Quartz, Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | Quartz | |
| White Quartz Quarry | Fluorine-Fluorite | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sincuidados | 0.9 miles | 20 | |
| Lone Mountain Ranch | 2.4 miles | 20 | |
| Trovia | 2.9 miles | 20 | |
| Happy Valley Ranch | 2.9 miles | 26 | |
| Desert Wind | 2.9 miles | 20 | |
| Pinnacle Peak Estates III | 3.3 miles | 26 | |
| Pinnacle Peak Estates I | 3.4 miles | 26 | |
| Carefree Foothills | 3.4 miles | 20 |
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 Q122555679 | 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 2059863. 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.