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Fortuna, Arizona

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Yuma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85365. It stands on Fortuna Wash. The Survey maps it on the Fortuna quadrangle.

Fortuna within Yuma County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

107 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Fortuna between 1993 and 2020, burning about 94 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined71
Recreation and ceremony20
Debris and open burning8
Natural2
Firearms and explosives use2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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 September 2013Naturalunder an acreColorado River DistrictNORTH GILA
7 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado River DistrictLEO
30 September 2018Naturalunder an acreYuma Fire Department1811718
22 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado River DistrictSIPHON
22 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado River DistrictBLASEDELL2
22 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado River DistrictBLASEDELL
20 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado River DistrictYUMA LAKES
2 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreYuma Fire Department1810520

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yuma 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 Fortuna: 35 unknowns, 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Geothermal, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Marble, Dimension, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
Arizona Lead Co MillFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, StonePast Producer
Marble GullyMarble, DimensionPast ProducerMarble
Own CrewsStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownTungstenProspect
Adair Park PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Foothills Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownGeothermalUnknown
UnknownGeothermalUnknown
UnknownGeothermalUnknown
UnknownGeothermalUnknown

Every working recorded in Yuma 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
Blaisdell2.1 miles20
Fortuna Foothills3.1 miles20
Araby3.8 miles27
Kinter5.4 miles23
Dome6.6 miles24
San Dionysio (historical)7.4 miles28
Kool Corner8.0 miles23
Ligurta8.5 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24422. 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.