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Florence Junction, Arizona

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the North Pinal census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85118. The Survey maps it on the Florence Junction quadrangle.

Florence Junction within Pinal County

On record in Florence Junction

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

119 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Florence Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,042 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined87
Smoking14
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
7 September 1993Smokingunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
30 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
29 September 2004Smokingunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeSILVER KING
25 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeCONELY POINTS
24 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeQUEEN
20 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeDROMEDARY
17 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTonto National ForestKERR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pinal 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 Florence Junction: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Volcanic Materials, Aggregate, Light Weight, Pumice, Aggregate, Light Weight. 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
Arizona RhyoliteVolcanic Materials, Aggregate, Light WeightPast ProducerRhyolite
Arizona RhyolitePumice, Aggregate, Light WeightProducerRhyolite
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pinal 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
Gold Camp2.9 miles20
Queen Valley3.7 miles20
Smelter Town3.9 miles20
Reymert7.1 miles20
Gold Canyon9.8 miles21
San Tan Valley11.2 miles19
Magma12.3 miles20
Price12.6 miles19

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122566592The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 29067. 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.