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Fort McDonald, Arizona

22 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 lies near Green Valley. The Survey maps it on the Payson South quadrangle.

Fort McDonald within Gila County

On record in Fort McDonald

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 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

294 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 294 fires within 5 miles of Fort McDonald between 1992 and 2020, burning about 65 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined154
Natural38
Recreation and ceremony38
Equipment and vehicle use35
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking5
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
9 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTonto National ForestYERBA
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
5 September 2017Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestGUIDE
4 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
29 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHellsgate Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
29 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHellsgate Fire District341
28 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-131801
28 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreTonto National ForestPALMER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gila County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 48 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 48 workings within 5 miles of Fort McDonald: 26 past producers, 11 prospects, 5 unknowns, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Gold. 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
American and Mexican GulchesGold, Silver, KyaniteProspect
Copper KingCopper, Gold, Lead, SilverProspect
Golden Wonder MineCopper, Silver, GoldPast Producer1877
Iron CampCopper, Silver, Lead, GoldProspect
Ox Bow MineCopper, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, Lead, Vanadium, Fluorine-FluoriteProducer1875, 1916, 1936
Oxbow MineGold, Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1876, 1916
Silver KingSilver, Gold, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Silver King MineCopper, Silver, Gold, Lead, MolybdenumProducer1933, 1934
Blue GooseGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Grand PrizeGold, Silver, CopperPast 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
Payson1.3 miles22
Oxbow Estates3.6 miles22
Mesa del Caballo4.5 miles23
Star Valley5.0 miles23
Flowing Springs5.6 miles23
Freedom Acres6.2 miles23
Wonder Valley6.4 miles23
Diamond Point Shadows6.9 miles25

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 Q122571844The 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 29116. 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.