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Dysart, Arizona

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Phoenix census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85335. It stands on North Fork Lower El Mirage Wash. The Survey maps it on the El Mirage quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Dysart within Maricopa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

610 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 610 fires within 5 miles of Dysart (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 84 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 22 were 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/undetermined561
Arson/incendiarism22
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Other causes1
Debris and open burning1

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
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-110821
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEl Mirage Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSun City Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-133152
4 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreEl Mirage Fire Department3065
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-111961
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-111960
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSun City Fire Departmentnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maricopa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Dysart (historical): 6 producers, 3 past producers, 1 unknown. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Halite, Mica, Salt. 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
Agua Fria Pit Sun Valley CrushingSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Alonzo Elder Muscovite #1MicaProducer
Southwest Mine & MillSaltProducer
Unidentified Halite OccurrenceHalitePast ProducerHalite
Arizona Sand & Rock, Agua Fria PlanSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel
Sun City PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Union Rock & Materials, El MirageSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
United Metro Pit & Plant #2 GlendalSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Maricopa 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
Goldbadge0.8 miles19
Agua Fria0.8 miles19
Surprise1.2 miles20
White Tanks1.5 miles19
Lizard1.8 miles20
Youngtown1.8 miles19
Lizard Acres2.4 miles20
Sun City3.1 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24839. 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.