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Flowing Springs, Arizona

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Payson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85541. It stands on Webber Creek. The Survey maps it on the Payson North quadrangle.

Flowing Springs within Gila County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 23 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

268 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 268 fires within 5 miles of Flowing Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 924 acres in total. 101 started naturally. 10 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
Natural101
Missing data/not specified/undetermined80
Recreation and ceremony47
Equipment and vehicle use12
Arson/incendiarism10
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Debris and open burning5
Smoking2
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePayson Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
5 September 2017Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestGUIDE
5 September 2009Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestFREEDOM
5 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTonto National ForestCOUCH
3 September 2001Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestTWOTRACK
28 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-131801
25 September 2011Smokingunder an acreTonto National ForestHOUSTON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gila County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Flowing Springs: 6 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Copper, Volcanic Materials. 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
BasaltVolcanic MaterialsOccurrenceBasalt
Grand PrizeGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Grand Prize MineGold, Copper, SilverProducer1885, 1956
Luper ClaimsSilver, LeadProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Gila 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
Freedom Acres1.8 miles23
Wonder Valley2.3 miles23
Beaver Valley Estates2.5 miles23
Mesa del Caballo2.9 miles23
Geronimo Estates3.8 miles23
Whispering Pines4.7 miles23
Fort McDonald5.6 miles22
Star Valley5.8 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 40834. 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.