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Galeyville, Arizona

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Bowie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85632. The Survey maps it on the Portal quadrangle.

Galeyville within Cochise County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

57 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Galeyville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 950 acres in total. 37 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
Natural37
Recreation and ceremony9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1

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 2009Naturalunder an acreCoronado National ForestONION CREEK
6 September 2009Naturalunder an acreCoronado National ForestTURKEY PARK
23 September 1992Natural5.0 acresCoronado National ForestMETHODIST
2 September 2007Natural1.0 acresCoronado National ForestBARFOOT
2 September 2006Naturalunder an acreCoronado National ForestLONG PARK
5 August 1993Naturalunder an acreCoronado National ForestIDA
25 August 2011Naturalunder an acreGila District OfficeLIMESTONE
19 August 1994Naturalunder an acreCoronado National ForestGNAT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cochise County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 75 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 75 workings within 5 miles of Galeyville: 52 past producers, 16 prospects, 5 producers, 2 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Lead, 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
Ajax MineZinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Blue Mountain MineLead, Silver, CopperPast ProducerReplacement
Chiricahua MineCopper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, TungstenPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Copper, Galena, Lead
Columbia MineLead, Copper, Zinc, Tungsten, Silver, BismuthPast ProducerContact Metamorphic
Columbia MineZinc, Lead, Silver, Tungsten, Copper, BismuthPast Producer
El Tigre MineLead, Silver, Copper, GoldProducer1937, 1947
El Tigre MineSilica, Silver, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Galeyville MinesLead, Silver, Tungsten, CopperPast Producer1878, 1945
HandLead, Silver, Zinc, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Copper, Gold, CadmiumPast Producer1881
Harris Mountain GroupLead, Zinc, Copper, SilverPast ProducerReplacement

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
Paradise1.1 miles22
Hilltop4.4 miles21
Portal4.8 miles22
Taylor Place10.4 miles18
Apache18.5 miles20
Vanar21.1 miles19
San Simon21.9 miles18
Wheeler Place22.8 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24426. 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.