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.
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.
- 1911 USGS Winkelman quadrangle1:125000
- 1913 USGS Winkelman quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Mammoth quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Mammoth quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Mammoth quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Mammoth quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Mammoth quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
28 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 18 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 30 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | SMELTER |
| 1 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.2 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 7 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast District | DREW |
| 4 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 28 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 2 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 16 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | MAMMOTH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 41 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bose Mine | Lead, Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Ford Property | Gold, Lead, Silver, Vanadium, Copper, Molybdenum | Past Producer | ||
| Mammoth | Gold, Lead, Copper, Molybdenum, Vanadium, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Mammoth - St. Anthony Mine | Gold, Lead, Zinc, Vanadium, Silica, Silver, Molybdenum, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Tungsten | Past Producer | 1879, 1881 | |
| Mammoth Gold Mining Co Property | Gold, Copper, Lead, Molybdenum | Past Producer | ||
| Mammoth Tailings Dump | Silica, Silver, Copper, Gold | Unknown | ||
| Mammoth-Tiger | Gold, Lead, Barium-Barite, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, Molybdenum, Silver, Tungsten, Vanadium, Zinc | Unknown | 1879, 1881 | |
| Mohawk | Gold, Lead, Manganese, Silver, Molybdenum, Vanadium, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Mohawk Extension Property | Lead, Gold, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Mohawk-New Year Mine | Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum, Vanadium, Zinc | Producer | 1881, 1896, 1934 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tiger | 0.7 miles | 25 | |
| Mammoth | 3.1 miles | 25 | |
| North Mammoth | 3.2 miles | 25 | |
| Oracle | 7.6 miles | 20 | |
| San Manuel | 8.0 miles | 28 | |
| Highjinks | 9.5 miles | 28 | |
| Campo Bonito | 10.0 miles | 28 | |
| Sombrero Butte | 11.3 miles | 21 |
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.











