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Fox, Arizona

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Duncan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85534. It lies near Woods Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Hot Well quadrangle.

Fox within Greenlee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

13 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Fox between 1993 and 2019, burning about 6,327 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/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural3
Firearms and explosives use1
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
10 August 1993Natural3.0 acresGila District OfficeOLD TOLL
9 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeLEMON
3 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast DistrictSANDIA
26 July 1993Natural3.0 acresGila District OfficeSANDERS
17 June 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeBEAR MTN
14 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGila District OfficeDUNCAN
24 May 2017Firearms and explosives useunder an acreGila District OfficeDUNCAN
17 May 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeINDIAN ROCKS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenlee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Fox: 4 prospects, 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diatomite, Calcium, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
CarslileCalcium, Silica, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Diatomite ProspectDiatomiteUnknown
Duncan Area Diatomite DepositsDiatomiteOccurrenceDiatomite
Stephens DiatomiteDiatomitePast Producer
ADOT Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
ADOT Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect

Every working recorded in Greenlee County

Storms near this place

3 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fox in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2015: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2012Thunderstorm WindFox$25,000Thunderstorm winds blew down an open ended Quonset hut outbuilding and a trailer in Hunter Estates near Duncan. Another trailer sustained considerable roof damage.
September 2012Flash FloodFox$25,000Up to three inches of rain fell in Duncan, causing flash flooding of most streets in Duncan's Hunter Estates where one home was also flooded. A wash that parallels and but remains just northwest of Carlisle Road climbed to a depth of about 8 feet, flooded Fairgrounds Road. Trees and other debris in the flood waters caused minor surface damage to the bridge at Fairgrounds Road before the waters entered the Gila River.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindFox$5,000Thunderstorm wind damage occurred at the Greenlee County Fairgrounds. One power pole was knocked over and the horse stalls building sustaining significant roof damage.

Every storm recorded in Greenlee 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
Duncan2.3 miles14
Sheldon5.3 miles12
Franklin5.5 miles14
Apache Grove9.2 miles12
York10.9 miles12
Three Way15.0 miles12
Guthrie15.3 miles12
Aragon Place19.6 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24423. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.