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Fordville, Arizona

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the San Manuel census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85623. It lies near Red Hill. The Survey maps it on the Mammoth quadrangle.

Fordville within Pinal County

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

28 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Fordville between 1992 and 2017, burning about 4,313 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined18
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning2
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 August 1995Naturalunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
30 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeSMELTER
1 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.2 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
7 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast DistrictDREW
4 July 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined75 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
28 July 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
2 July 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
16 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeMAMMOTH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pinal County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 41 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Fordville: 15 past producers, 12 prospects, 7 producers, 4 occurrences. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Manganese, Silica, Gold, Silver. 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
Bose MineLead, ManganeseOccurrence
Ford PropertyGold, Lead, Silver, Vanadium, Copper, MolybdenumPast Producer
MammothGold, Lead, Copper, Molybdenum, Vanadium, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Limestone, GeneralPast Producer
Mammoth - St. Anthony MineGold, Lead, Zinc, Vanadium, Silica, Silver, Molybdenum, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, TungstenPast Producer1879, 1881
Mammoth Gold Mining Co PropertyGold, Copper, Lead, MolybdenumPast Producer
Mammoth Tailings DumpSilica, Silver, Copper, GoldUnknown
Mammoth-TigerGold, Lead, Barium-Barite, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, Molybdenum, Silver, Tungsten, Vanadium, ZincUnknown1879, 1881
MohawkGold, Lead, Manganese, Silver, Molybdenum, Vanadium, ZincPast Producer
Mohawk Extension PropertyLead, Gold, ManganesePast Producer
Mohawk-New Year MineLead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum, Vanadium, ZincProducer1881, 1896, 1934

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
Tiger0.7 miles25
Mammoth3.1 miles25
North Mammoth3.2 miles25
Oracle7.6 miles20
San Manuel8.0 miles28
Highjinks9.5 miles28
Campo Bonito10.0 miles28
Sombrero Butte11.3 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 42799. 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.