BlockEllison Place, Arizona
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the San Carlos census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85530. The Survey maps it on the Mount Turnbull quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1954 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS San Carlos Reservoir quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Globe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Mount Turnbull quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
10 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Ellison Place (historical) between 1995 and 2009, burning about 1,298 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 July 2002 | Natural | 6.0 acres | San Carlos Agency | COPPER |
| 31 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | San Carlos Agency | QUARTZITE |
| 22 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | TELEPHONE |
| 18 July 1997 | Natural | 188 acres | San Carlos Agency | LEWIS |
| 6 June 2000 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Gila District Office | STANLEY |
| 21 June 2008 | Natural | 1,058 acres | San Carlos Agency | CRYSTAL PEAK |
| 18 June 2003 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Coronado National Forest | COBRE |
| 31 May 2009 | Natural | under an acre | San Carlos Agency | GRANITE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 82 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 82 workings within 5 miles of Ellison Place (historical): 43 past producers, 18 occurrences, 17 prospects, 3 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Gold, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abe Reed Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | 1925, 1947, 1951 | |
| Aleman Adit | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Silver, Uranium, Cadmium | Past Producer | ||
| Aravaipa District | Zinc, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | 1957 | |
| Arizona | Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Iron, Manganese, Silica | Prospect | ||
| Arizona Mine | Silver, Lead, Gold, Quartz | Past Producer | 1895, 1916, 1955 | |
| Ben Hur | Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Ben Hur Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | Anglesite, Cerussite, Galena | |
| Bluebird Cobalt | Cobalt, Arsenic, Copper, Lead, Nickel, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Captain Jack Claims | Iron, Gold, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Cobre Grande Mine. | Copper, Lead, Iron, Silver | Past Producer | 1905, 1916, 1957 |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24405. 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.