BlockForepaugh, Arizona
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Wickenburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85390. The Survey maps it on the Forepaugh Peak quadrangle. It stands 2,303 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1942 USGS Vicksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Aguila quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Salome quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Forepaugh Peak quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
14 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Forepaugh between 1993 and 2018, burning about 1,334 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AGUILA |
| 5 August 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 31 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 9 June 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | HWY 60 MM 91 |
| 28 June 1993 | Smoking | 30 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 27 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | TOPEKA PEAK |
| 19 June 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | ABBOTT |
| 19 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | BACCA |
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Forepaugh: 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Rainbow | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aguila | 7.1 miles | 16 | |
| Matthie | 12.7 miles | 18 | |
| Ambrosia Mill | 13.9 miles | 16 | |
| Gladden | 14.2 miles | 17 | |
| Wickenburg | 16.8 miles | 17 | |
| Allah | 19.1 miles | 17 | |
| Morristown | 23.8 miles | 17 | |
| Circle City | 26.9 miles | 17 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Forepaugh | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28221691 | The 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 24419. 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.