Dos Cabezas, Arizona
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Bowie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85643. It lies near Mascot Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Dos Cabezas quadrangle.
On record in Dos Cabezas
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Faraway Ranch Historic Districtlisted 1980
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1922 USGS Willcox quadrangle1:125000
- 1943 USGS Dos Cabezas quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Dos Cabezas quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Dos Cabezas quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Willcox quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Dos Cabezas quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
28 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Dos Cabezas between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,090 acres in total. 11 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 | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Chiricahua National Monument | MOGULWASH |
| 13 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | MOGUL WASH |
| 9 August 2015 | Natural | 27 acres | Gila District Office | GOLD GULCH |
| 24 August 1994 | Natural | 300 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 22 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Gila District Office | HOWARD |
| 7 July 1997 | Natural | 300 acres | Chiricahua National Monument | MOGUL |
| 4 July 2017 | Natural | 270 acres | Gila District Office | SIPHON |
| 26 July 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | BUTTERFIELD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 48 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 48 workings within 5 miles of Dos Cabezas: 32 past producers, 8 occurrences, 4 producers, 3 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Copper, Graphite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antelope | Silver, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Dives Mine | Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Dives Mine Bear Cave Claim | Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Graphite | Past Producer | 1877, 1942 | |
| Dos Cabezas | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | 1988 | |
| Dos Cabezas Project | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Occurrence | 1878, 1880 | |
| Dos Cabezas Queen Mine | Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Graphite | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Elma Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum, Iron | Producer | Chalcopyrite, Magnetite | |
| Elma Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Molybdenum | Past Producer | ||
| Ewell Spring Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Graphite | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Ewell Springs Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dos Cabezas in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Dos Cabezas | $100,000 | Heavy rain occurred over the Horseshoe 2 burn scar area of the Chiricahua Mountains. The Horseshoe 2 BAER team reported three washouts on Pinery Road in the northern portions of the Chiricahua Mountains. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckeye Mill | 5.8 miles | 17 | |
| Kansas Settlement | 11.0 miles | 16 | |
| Bowie | 12.4 miles | 17 | |
| Luzena | 12.4 miles | 17 | |
| Willcox | 12.8 miles | 18 | |
| Bowie Junction (historical) | 12.9 miles | 17 | |
| Raso | 13.5 miles | 18 | |
| Olga | 16.0 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 4036. 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.








