Greaterville, Arizona
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Tucson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85637. It lies near Granite Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Empire Ranch quadrangle.
On record in Greaterville
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Empire Ranch Houselisted 1975
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Empire Ranch, East Empire Ranch Road, three miles east of the intersection with State Highway 83 (between mile markers 39 and 40), Greatervillefederal building survey, 1 photograph
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1904 USGS Patagonia quadrangle1:125000
- 1905 USGS Patagonia quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1926 USGS Helvetia quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Sahuarita quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Helvetia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Fort Huachuca quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1996 USGS Helvetia quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
102 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Greaterville between 1993 and 2020, burning about 15,600 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined | 34 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 23 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | EMPIRE GULCH |
| 8 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Gila District Office | GARDENER |
| 6 July 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Gila District Office | EMPIRE II |
| 27 July 2000 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Coronado National Forest | FISH |
| 25 July 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | GREATERVILLE |
| 24 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 22 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast District | HELVITA |
| 20 July 1994 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Coronado National Forest | W.A.S.P. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 99 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 99 workings within 5 miles of Greaterville: 75 past producers, 9 occurrences, 8 unknowns, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Silver, Gold, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amado Area Limestone Deposit | Limestone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Andrada Mine | Silver, Gold, Lead | Unknown | ||
| Billey Sunday | Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Cave Hill Deposit | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | Travertine | |
| Comstock Mine Group | Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | 1928, 1939 | |
| Conglomerate Mine | Lead, Gold, Copper, Silver | Producer | 1909, 1955 | |
| East Helvetia Deposit | Copper Oxide, Copper Sulfide, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1875, 1959, 1961 | |
| Enzenberg Mine | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Hancock Mine | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | 1885 | |
| Hancock Mine | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | 1885 |
Storms near this place
6 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greaterville in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2021: 4 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greaterville | - | A wind gust to 63 mph was recorded at the Empire RAWS. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greaterville | - | Thunderstorm outflow winds produced a gust to 67 mph at Empire RAWS. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greaterville | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 67 mph was recorded at Empire RAWS. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Greaterville | - | Flash flooding occurred along a portion of Sands Ranch Road in Whetstone causing the road to be temporarily shut down. |
| September 2015 | Flash Flood | Greaterville | - | Heavy rain caused Florida Canyon to overflow its banks near the Santa Rita Mountains. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greaterville | - | Trained spotter recorded a wind gust of 62 mph at his home near Patagonia Lake. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosemont Camp | 4.3 miles | 21 | |
| Rosemont Junction | 4.9 miles | 21 | |
| Helvetia | 6.8 miles | 21 | |
| Continental | 13.4 miles | 20 | |
| Corona de Tucson | 14.0 miles | 21 | |
| Green Valley | 14.3 miles | 20 | |
| New Tucson | 14.9 miles | 21 | |
| East Sahuarita | 15.5 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 29567. 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.









