Graham, Arizona
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Safford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85546. It stands on Talley Wash. The Survey maps it on the Weber Peak quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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 Safford quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Weber Peak quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Safford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Photographs
8 of 9 photographs shown, 1940Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Every photograph of Graham County
Fires near this place
17 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Graham between 1994 and 2020, burning about 409 acres in total. 1 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 | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Gila District Office | R/M |
| 6 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Gila District Office | RIVER |
| 2 July 1994 | Fireworks | 5.0 acres | Gila District Office | BONITA II |
| 5 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | SATURE |
| 23 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Gila District Office | FARM ROAD |
| 23 June 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Gila District Office | WATSON |
| 21 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Clay Springs/Pinedale Fire Department | not named |
| 6 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sunsites-Pearce Fire District | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Graham: 7 prospects, 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Bentonite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mt Graham Well | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Rhoades-Mathews | Bentonite | Prospect | ||
| Rhodes-Mathews | Bentonite | Occurrence | ||
| Abeyta Properties | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Bold Claims | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Cobre Claims | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Dixie Claims | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Essex Mining Co Claims | Copper | Prospect |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 25298. 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.





