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Esmond, Arizona

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Tucson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85747. The Survey maps it on the Tucson SE quadrangle.

Esmond within Pima County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 25 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

174 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 174 fires within 5 miles of Esmond between 1992 and 2020, burning about 234 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined148
Arson/incendiarism6
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Smoking3
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
13 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRincon Valley Fire Districtnot named
13 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTucson Fire Departmentnot named
11 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRincon Valley Fire District1501
10 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRincon Valley Fire Districtnot named
7 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeI-10 MM275
5 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTucson Fire Department1854176
31 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRincon Valley Fire Districtnot named
3 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeVAIL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pima County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Esmond: 4 producers, 3 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal. 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
UnknownGeothermalOccurrence
UnknownGeothermalOccurrence
Drexel Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kern PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mccann PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pantano PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Pima 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
Vail4.2 miles23
Civano4.3 miles27
Wilmot4.7 miles25
Rankin5.2 miles27
Littletown6.3 miles27
Mountain View7.7 miles23
Rolling Hills Country Club Estates7.8 miles27
Vandenberg Village8.1 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24410. 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.