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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.

Fish Creek within Maricopa County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

77 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined25
Natural24
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony8
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking2
Fireworks2
Debris and open burning1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
5 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTonto National ForestCORONADO
6 August 2010Fireworks2.0 acresTonto National ForestFISH
4 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTonto National ForestLAGUNA
28 August 1994Naturalunder an acreTonto National Forestnot named
27 August 1994Natural300 acresTonto National ForestBRONCO
26 August 1995Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestCRAB
25 August 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTonto National ForestFISH CREEK
24 August 2000Natural12 acresTonto National ForestTORTILLA

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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Whetrocks, Elephant Co Copper - TungstenCopper, Tungsten, Lead, ZincOccurrenceChrysocolla, Malachite

Every working 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
Horse Mesa4.3 miles25
Tortilla Flat4.5 miles24
Desert Vista Estates III18.7 miles21
Silver Spur Village18.8 miles21
Silver Spur Ranch18.9 miles21
Superstition Country Subdivision19.5 miles21
Sunset Trail Ranch19.8 miles21
Twin Knolls20.1 miles21

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.