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Fry, Arizona

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Sierra Vista census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85635. It stands on Soldier Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fort Huachuca quadrangle.

Fry within Cochise County

On record in Fry

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 26 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

124 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Fry between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,940 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined94
Equipment and vehicle use12
Natural7
Recreation and ceremony5
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
14 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use370 acresCoronado National ForestONE BRAVO
1 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFry Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
8 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFry Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
30 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined21 acresCoronado National ForestSTONE RIDGE
30 August 2015Natural3.0 acresCoronado National ForestAREA U
3 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
3 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCoronado National ForestRAWS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cochise County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Fry: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal. 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
UnknownGeothermalProducer
Charleston PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand & Gravel OperationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Screen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Cochise 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
Sierra Vista0.5 miles26
Village Meadows1.3 miles26
Gatewood Housing2.1 miles26
Miles Manor2.4 miles26
De Anza Village2.5 miles26
East Pershing Plaza2.6 miles26
Coronado Village2.9 miles26
West Pershing Plaza2.9 miles26

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.

Wikidata item Q141221925The 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 4869. 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.