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Gallups, Arizona

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Tonto Basin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85554. It stands on Pigeon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sheep Basin Mountain quadrangle. It stands 4,154 feet above sea level.

Gallups within Gila County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

21 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Gallups between 1993 and 2018, burning about 62 acres in total. 15 started naturally. None 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
Natural15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTonto National ForestDELLS
31 August 2016Natural2.0 acresTonto National ForestPIGEON
3 August 2011Natural15 acresTonto National ForestBREAD
3 August 2000Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestBREADPAN
23 August 1997Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestNEAL
6 July 2018Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestSHEEP
21 July 2000Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestPOCKET
19 July 1997Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestBREAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gila County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Gallups: 3 occurrences, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Silver, Iron, Mercury. 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
Bread Pan Et Al ClaimsBerylliumOccurrence
Erie PropertyCopper, Gold, Silver, MercuryPast Producer
Iron King Group ProspectIron, Titanium, MetalOccurrenceReplacement
Iron King GroupIronOccurrence
Red WarriorCopper, Gold, SilverPast 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
Coffeepot2.7 miles22
Gisela5.2 miles23
Jakes Corner8.5 miles23
Rye9.1 miles23
Spurlock9.5 miles21
Oxbow Estates10.9 miles22
Young11.9 miles18
Star Valley12.8 miles23

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 Q28221800The 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 29245. 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.