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Geronimo Estates, 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 stands on Bray Creek. The Survey maps it on the Payson North quadrangle.

Geronimo Estates 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

336 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 336 fires within 5 miles of Geronimo Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,305 acres in total. 196 started naturally. 5 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
Natural196
Recreation and ceremony68
Missing data/not specified/undetermined39
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking5
Arson/incendiarism5
Debris and open burning4
Other causes2
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoconino National ForestLEE
6 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTonto National ForestSHADOW
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePayson Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
5 September 2009Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestFREEDOM
5 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTonto National ForestCOUCH
3 September 2001Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestTWOTRACK
25 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTonto National Forestnot named
23 September 2018Naturalunder an acreCoconino National ForestHUNT

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 Geronimo Estates: 5 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Volcanic Materials, Kaolin, Molybdenum, Nickel. 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
BasaltVolcanic MaterialsOccurrenceBasalt
Florence CeramicsKaolinPast Producer
Grand Prize MineGold, Copper, SilverProducer1885, 1956
Little Nickel ClaimMolybdenum, NickelProspect
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

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
Flowing Springs3.8 miles23
Beaver Valley Estates3.9 miles23
Whispering Pines4.0 miles23
Freedom Acres4.6 miles23
Wonder Valley4.9 miles23
Verde Glen5.1 miles23
Pine5.2 miles23
Washington Park6.2 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 40836. 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.