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Duquesne, Arizona

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Nogales census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85624. It lies near Washington Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Duquesne quadrangle.

Duquesne within Santa Cruz County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

68 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Duquesne between 1992 and 2020, burning about 20,137 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 1 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
Recreation and ceremony33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Natural13
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1
Debris and open burning1
Smoking1

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
4 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoronado National ForestWILLOW SPRINGS
17 September 1992Natural75 acresCoronado National ForestBORDER
8 August 2003Natural5.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeDRAGOON MOUNTAIN
2 August 2013Naturalunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeSAN RAFAEL
29 July 1996Natural15 acresCoronado National ForestITALIAN
22 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office352
19 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined45 acresSonoita-Elgin Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
16 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined28 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast DistrictLOCHIEL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Cruz County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 114 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 114 workings within 5 miles of Duquesne: 69 past producers, 17 producers, 15 prospects, 12 occurrences. 17 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Copper, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Belmont MineCopper, Zinc, Gold, Lead, Molybdenum, SilverPast Producer
Benton MineCopper, Molybdenum, GoldOccurrence1882
Bonanza MineCopper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Manganese, MolybdenumPast Producer1882, 1889, 1961
Bullwhacker MineLead, Silver, Manganese, Copper, Zinc, GoldProducer1880, 1948
California - Grasshopper ProspectsLead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, GoldPast Producer1900, 1951
Coronado Mines IncCopper, Lead, Antimony, Molybdenum, GoldPast Producer
Dave Allen MineSilver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, GoldPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
Double Standard MineSilver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, GoldPast Producer1900, 1951
Double Standard Mine DudleyZinc, Copper, Gold, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Duquesne MineLead, Zinc, Gold, Manganese, Silver, CopperPast Producer

Every working recorded in Santa Cruz County

Storms near this place

1 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Duquesne in 1 storm report in 2019: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2019Flash FloodDuquesne-Two to three inches of rain in a 2 hour period caused flash flooding in the Washington Camp area in the Patagonia Mountains.

Every storm recorded in Santa Cruz 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
Washington Camp0.8 miles22
Lochiel4.1 miles23
Kino Springs6.6 miles19
Harshaw6.7 miles22
Trench Camp6.9 miles22
Beyerville10.3 miles20
Patagonia12.2 miles22
Nogales13.4 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 28680. 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.