Fort McDowell, Arizona
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Salt River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85264. It stands on Sycamore Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fort McDowell quadrangle. It stands 1,440 feet above sea level.
On record in Fort McDowell
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 1 record
- Fort McDowelllisted 1992
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 26 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.
- 1904 USGS Ft. McDowell quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Ft. McDowell quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1930 USGS Cave Creek quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Cave Creek quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Fort McDowell quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1964 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Fort McDowell quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Theodore Roosevelt Lake quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 2004 USGS Fort McDowell quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
72 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Fort McDowell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 708 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined | 45 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Salt River Agency | HOUSE 21 |
| 23 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Salt River Agency | LONG |
| 21 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | MEDIAN |
| 15 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Salt River Agency | DRUDGE |
| 14 September 1992 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Tonto National Forest | not named |
| 9 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Salt River Agency | BEE |
| 4 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Salt River Agency | CIRCLE |
| 17 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Salt River Agency | HOOD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fort McDowell: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mcdowell Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Mcdowell Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fountain Hills | 2.8 miles | 25 | |
| Fountain View | 3.6 miles | 25 | |
| Rio Verde | 5.9 miles | 26 | |
| Rio Verde Estates | 6.0 miles | 26 | |
| Taliesin West | 9.2 miles | 26 | |
| McDowell Mountain Ranch | 9.2 miles | 29 | |
| Shiloh Canyon | 9.8 miles | 26 | |
| Cactus Villa | 10.1 miles | 26 |
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 Fort McDowell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5471629 | 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 29117. 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.












