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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 23 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.
- 1905 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1932 USGS Lochiel quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Duquesne quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Lochiel quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Duquesne quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Lochiel quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2004 USGS Duquesne quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
68 since 1992Regional 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 ceremony | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | WILLOW SPRINGS |
| 17 September 1992 | Natural | 75 acres | Coronado National Forest | BORDER |
| 8 August 2003 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | DRAGOON MOUNTAIN |
| 2 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | SAN RAFAEL |
| 29 July 1996 | Natural | 15 acres | Coronado National Forest | ITALIAN |
| 22 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | 352 |
| 19 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 acres | Sonoita-Elgin Fire District | NOT NAMED |
| 16 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast District | LOCHIEL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 114 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont Mine | Copper, Zinc, Gold, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Benton Mine | Copper, Molybdenum, Gold | Occurrence | 1882 | |
| Bonanza Mine | Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Manganese, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1882, 1889, 1961 | |
| Bullwhacker Mine | Lead, Silver, Manganese, Copper, Zinc, Gold | Producer | 1880, 1948 | |
| California - Grasshopper Prospects | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | 1900, 1951 | |
| Coronado Mines Inc | Copper, Lead, Antimony, Molybdenum, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Dave Allen Mine | Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gold | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite | |
| Double Standard Mine | Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Gold | Past Producer | 1900, 1951 | |
| Double Standard Mine Dudley | Zinc, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Duquesne Mine | Lead, Zinc, Gold, Manganese, Silver, Copper | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2019Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2019 | Flash Flood | Duquesne | - | Two to three inches of rain in a 2 hour period caused flash flooding in the Washington Camp area in the Patagonia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Camp | 0.8 miles | 22 | |
| Lochiel | 4.1 miles | 23 | |
| Kino Springs | 6.6 miles | 19 | |
| Harshaw | 6.7 miles | 22 | |
| Trench Camp | 6.9 miles | 22 | |
| Beyerville | 10.3 miles | 20 | |
| Patagonia | 12.2 miles | 22 | |
| Nogales | 13.4 miles | 19 |
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.










