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Freedom Acres, Arizona

23 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 Sunflower Mesa. The Survey maps it on the Payson North quadrangle.

Freedom Acres within Gila County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 23 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

287 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 287 fires within 5 miles of Freedom Acres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 931 acres in total. 122 started naturally. 12 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
Natural122
Missing data/not specified/undetermined74
Recreation and ceremony46
Arson/incendiarism12
Equipment and vehicle use11
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Debris and open burning6
Smoking2
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1

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 2009Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestMAYFIELD
8 September 1995Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestCAVE
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
7 September 2002Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresTonto National ForestBON
6 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTonto National ForestSHADOW
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePayson Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
5 September 2017Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestGUIDE
5 September 2009Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestFREEDOM

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gila County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Freedom Acres: 7 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Copper, Silver, Silver, Lead. 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
Grand Prize MineGold, Copper, SilverProducer1885, 1956
Luper ClaimsSilver, LeadProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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
Wonder Valley0.4 miles23
Beaver Valley Estates1.3 miles23
Flowing Springs1.8 miles23
Mesa del Caballo2.2 miles23
Whispering Pines3.8 miles23
Geronimo Estates4.6 miles23
Star Valley4.8 miles23
Diamond Point Shadows5.2 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 40828. 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.