BlockGlenbar, Arizona
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Pima census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85543. It stands on Patterson Wash. The Survey maps it on the Pima quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1954 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Thatcher quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Pima quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Safford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Glenbar between 1992 and 2019, burning about 107 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 July 1992 | Fireworks | 30 acres | Gila District Office | DEADMAN |
| 4 July 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | CANAL |
| 23 July 1994 | Natural | 40 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 26 June 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | WHITE STREAKS |
| 23 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Gila District Office | FARM ROAD |
| 15 June 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 13 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Gila District Office | CORK |
| 5 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Glenbar: 2 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Bentonite, Iron, Manganese, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bold Claims | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Graham County Mn Deposits | Manganese | Past Producer | 1917 | |
| Jumping Jack | Iron | Producer | Magnetite | |
| Rhoades-Mathews | Bentonite | Prospect | ||
| Rhodes-Mathews | Bentonite | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glenbar in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2024: 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2014 | Flash Flood | Glenbar | $5,000 | Graham County dispatch reported that Ash Creek was flowing rapidly which resulted in the closure of Cluff Ranch Rd. Eventually, Ash Creek came out of its banks and began running into a residential area in the town of Pima. At least 1 home was flooded, and 6 people were air lifted out of Ash Canyon due to loss of road access and flooding concerns. No one was injured. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Glenbar | $1,000 | Several rounds of thunderstorms moved over the Pima area from 6 PM until after 10 PM in the evening. This caused extensive street flooding and flash flooding with water running curb to curb on numerous streets. |
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.
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 Q122596911 | The 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 5058. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.