Escalante Crossing, Arizona
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Benson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85630. It stands on Escalante Wash. The Survey maps it on the Land quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1915 USGS Benson quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1922 USGS St. David quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Benson quadrangle1:125000
- 1956 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS St. David quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Land quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Fort Huachuca quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1996 USGS Land quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
64 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Escalante Crossing between 1992 and 2015, burning about 279 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 9 June 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 7 June 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.9 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | MESQUITE |
| 6 June 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Gila District Office | COTTONWOOD |
| 3 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Gila District Office | CURTIS WASH |
| 27 June 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 24 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 19 acres | Gila District Office | CARY |
| 24 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | ST DAVID |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Escalante Crossing: 7 producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Geothermal, Bentonite, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Tungsten. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis Diatomite | Diatomite | Prospect | ||
| Land Deposit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | Gypsum | |
| Mammoth Tungsten | Tungsten | Prospect | ||
| Bentonite Mine | Bentonite | Past Producer | ||
| Bentonite Mine | Bentonite | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curtiss | 1.9 miles | 21 | |
| Saint David | 3.0 miles | 21 | |
| Boquillas | 6.2 miles | 21 | |
| Contention | 6.4 miles | 21 | |
| Fenner | 7.6 miles | 21 | |
| Benson Junction | 8.4 miles | 21 | |
| Benson | 8.6 miles | 21 | |
| Tully | 9.6 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24409. 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.









