BlockFriendly Corners, Arizona
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Eloy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85131. The Survey maps it on the Friendly Corners quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1947 USGS Eloy quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Eloy quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Eloy quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Friendly Corners quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Casa Grande quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1996 USGS Friendly Corners quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
1 photograph, 1942Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Lee, Russell, 1942. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
60 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Friendly Corners between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,820 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | GREEN RESERVOIR |
| 23 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | VAN DAMME |
| 2 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 15 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 23 July 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | SANDOW HILL |
| 23 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 16 July 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 1 July 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 260 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Friendly Corners: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Friendly Corners in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2021: 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Flood | Friendly Corners | $7,500,000 | Widespread rain occurred on July 24 and 25 in the Santa Cruz River watershed in Pinal County and upstream in much of eastern Pima County with 48 hour rain totals of 3 to 4 inches common. High flows in the river traveled downstream into Greene Wash. A levee breached in the wash near Toltec Buttes and washed out a road, then flowed into a canal, causing damage along 3/4 mile of the canal. Further downstream in Greene Wash, Sunland Gin Rd was also flooded and damaged. Indian Route 15 near Chuichu was also flooded and two nearby homes sustained minor flood damage. |
| August 2021 | Flood | Friendly Corners | $25,000 | Flow in the Greene Wash resulting from 1 to 2 inches in southern Pinal County was enhanced by 2 to 4 inches of rain which fell during the early morning hours in northeast Pima County in the Brawley Wash and Santa Cruz River watersheds. The additional rainfall and runoff caused Greene Wash to flow 2 to 3 feet deep across Sunland Gin Rd for much of the afternoon causing damage to the road. |
| August 2016 | Flood | Friendly Corners | $10,000 | Heavy rain upstream from Tucson and along smaller washes near Ironwood National Monument caused strong flows in the Santa Cruz River, which breached a dirt barrier near Sunland Gin Road south of Arizona City. The water reached four feet at its maximum depth. The roadway was closed for nearly two days which cutoff the only access for residents of Silverbell Estates to the southwest. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 4861. 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.