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Fennemore, Arizona

18 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 85355. The Survey maps it on the Waddell quadrangle.

Fennemore within Maricopa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

187 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 187 fires within 5 miles of Fennemore between 1992 and 2020, burning about 354 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined176
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning2
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-111961
4 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAIRLINE CANAL
27 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-111966
26 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office154015
21 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-111965
19 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSurprise Fire Departmentnot named
19 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-142267
15 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-121768

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maricopa County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Fennemore: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese. 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
Maricopa GroupManganesePast Producer1915

Every working recorded in Maricopa County

Storms near this place

8 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fennemore in 8 storm reports between 2017 and 2021: 4 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2021Thunderstorm WindFennemore$50,000A microburst in the Waddell area resulted in significant damage to a home near 181st Avenue and Orangewood Avenue, including a destroyed patio, the roof partially torn off, and a flag pole bent in half. There were also numerous downed trees reported in this area. No injuries were reported.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindFennemore$5,000Thunderstorms developed across the western portion of the greater Phoenix area during the late afternoon hours and some of the stronger storms produced gusty outflow winds in excess of 50 mph. According to a trained weather spotter located about 2 miles northwest of Citrus Park, at 1715MST thunderstorm wind gusts estimated as high as 60 mph blew off a number of roof tiles on a home. The home was northwest of Luke Air Force Base and east of the White Tank Mountains, and just northeast of the intersection of Olive Avenue and north Perryville Road.
July 2021Flash FloodFennemore-City of Surprise closed Sarival Avenue between Peoria Avenue and Mescal Street due to flooding. No damages or injuries were reported.
July 2021Flash FloodFennemore-City of Surprise closed Cotton Lane between Peoria Avenue and Cactus Road due to flooding. A video on social media showed at least 6 inches of water flowing over Cotton Lane. No damages or injuries reported.
August 2021Flash FloodFennemore-City of Surprise closed Cotton Lane between Peoria Avenue to Cactus Road due to flooding. No damages or injuries were reported.
September 2019HailFennemore-Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms developed across the western portion of the greater Phoenix area during the afternoon hours on September 23rd. In addition to very heavy rain, some of the stronger storms generated large hail, partly due to cooler temperatures in the upper atmosphere. At 1732MST, a member of the public located 2 miles southwest of Waddell reported large hail. Hailstones were measured to be about one inch in diameter. The large stones fell near the intersection of Sarival Road and Cactus Road, a few miles northwest of Luke Air Force Base. The large hail could be seen via pictures on social media.
October 2018HailFennemore-Isolated thunderstorms developed over the western portion of the greater Phoenix area during the afternoon hours on October 7th. Some of the stronger storms produced hail ranging from one quarter inch in diameter all the way up to one inch diameter. According to pictures seen from the public, hail 1 inch in diameter fell about 2 miles northwest of Citrus Park. This was southwest of Surprise and to the east of the White Tank Mountains. The hail fell at 1615MST and no damage was reported due to the large hail.
July 2017Flash FloodFennemore-Scattered thunderstorms developed across much of the greater Phoenix area during the evening hours on July 16th and some of the stronger storms produced locally heavy rainfall with peak rain rates between one and two inches per hour. Heavy rain fell across the western portion of the Phoenix area and resulted in minor flash flooding near Luke Air Force Base during the late evening hours. The heavy rains led to the issuance of a Flash Flood Warning as early as 2230MST and this warning persisted into the early morning hours the next day. At midnight, trained weather spotters 1 mile northeast of Luke Air Force Base reported flash flooding; Olive and Litchfield Roads near Luke AFB were inundated with water resulting in curb to curb flooding. Additionally, the Litchfield/Northern underpass was flooded.

Every storm 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
Wayne1.0 miles18
Citrus Park1.7 miles18
Waddell2.8 miles18
Webb3.4 miles19
Bumstead3.7 miles19
McMicken5.0 miles23
LaLoma Ranch5.3 miles19
Goldbadge5.5 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24414. 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.