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Don Luis, Arizona

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Bisbee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85603. It lies near Escacado Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Bisbee quadrangle.

Don Luis within Cochise County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 24 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

74 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Don Luis between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,389 acres in total. 17 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/undetermined44
Natural17
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2

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
18 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBisbee Fire Departmentnot named
16 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
11 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast DistrictKINLEY
26 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeARIZONA STREET
12 August 2020Natural1.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast DistrictMULE MOUNTAIN
7 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office346 COMPLEX
7 July 1996Natural1.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
25 July 1994Naturalunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cochise County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 88 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 88 workings within 5 miles of Don Luis: 72 past producers, 6 prospects, 5 producers, 5 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Manganese, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc. 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
Boras MineCopper, Manganese, Silver, GoldPast Producer1917
Briggs MineCopper, Lead, Gold, Silver, ZincPast Producer
CampbellCopper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Bismuth, Indium, TinPast Producer
Campbell MineCopper, Manganese, Silver, Lead, Zinc, GoldPast ProducerReplacement
Caretto Claim GroupLead, Zinc, Silver, CopperOccurrenceGalena
Copper Queen MineCopper, Gemstone, Semiprecious Gemstone, Lead, Zinc, Gold, SilverPast Producer1877, 1881
CupriteCopper, Silver, Gold, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Czar MineCopper, Gold, Silver, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Denn MineCopper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, BismuthPast Producer1905, 1909, 1973
Don Luis PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Cochise 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
Huachuca Terrace0.6 miles24
South Bisbee1.2 miles24
Tintown1.3 miles24
Briggs1.5 miles24
Corta Junction1.8 miles24
Galena1.8 miles24
Bakerville2.1 miles24
Warren2.1 miles24

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 Q122593702The 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 4019. 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.