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Geronimo, Arizona

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Pima census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85536. It stands on Carland Wash. The Survey maps it on the Geronimo quadrangle.

Geronimo within Graham County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

302 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 302 fires within 5 miles of Geronimo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,033 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 84 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/undetermined93
Arson/incendiarism84
Misuse of fire by a minor62
Debris and open burning40
Natural12
Smoking10
Fireworks1

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
27 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreSan Carlos AgencyGRAVY
9 August 2004Natural2.5 acresSan Carlos AgencyABDULL
7 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Carlos AgencyBIGBOY
13 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSan Carlos AgencyTIKI HUT
11 August 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreSan Carlos AgencyCEMETARY
10 August 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreSan Carlos AgencyNAVAJO PT
7 July 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresSan Carlos AgencyBULL
4 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Carlos AgencyCORRAL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Graham 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
Emery1.1 miles13
Fort Thomas4.6 miles11
Bylas6.0 miles13
Ashurst8.4 miles11
Indian Hot Springs9.0 miles11
Cork10.3 miles11
Calva10.7 miles13
Eden10.9 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24428. 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.