Fish Creek, Arizona
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Tonto National Forest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85545. It stands on Lewis and Pranty Creek. The Survey maps it on the Horse Mesa Dam quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
On record in Fish Creek
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Fish Creek Bridgelisted 1988 · 0.6 miles away- Lewis and Pranty Creek Bridgelisted 1988 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 25 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.
- 1907 USGS Roosevelt quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Four Peaks quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Roosevelt quadrangle1:125000
- 1912 USGS Roosevelt quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Horse Mesa Dam quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1964 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Theodore Roosevelt Lake quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 2004 USGS Horse Mesa Dam quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
77 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Fish Creek (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,504 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 4 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 | 25 |
| Natural | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | CORONADO |
| 6 August 2010 | Fireworks | 2.0 acres | Tonto National Forest | FISH |
| 4 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | LAGUNA |
| 28 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | not named |
| 27 August 1994 | Natural | 300 acres | Tonto National Forest | BRONCO |
| 26 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | CRAB |
| 25 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | FISH CREEK |
| 24 August 2000 | Natural | 12 acres | Tonto National Forest | TORTILLA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Fish Creek (historical): 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Tungsten, Lead, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whetrocks, Elephant Co Copper - Tungsten | Copper, Tungsten, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | Chrysocolla, Malachite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horse Mesa | 4.3 miles | 25 | |
| Tortilla Flat | 4.5 miles | 24 | |
| Desert Vista Estates III | 18.7 miles | 21 | |
| Silver Spur Village | 18.8 miles | 21 | |
| Silver Spur Ranch | 18.9 miles | 21 | |
| Superstition Country Subdivision | 19.5 miles | 21 | |
| Sunset Trail Ranch | 19.8 miles | 21 | |
| Twin Knolls | 20.1 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 36977. 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.











