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Gripe, 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 85551. It stands on San Jose Wash. The Survey maps it on the San Jose quadrangle.

Gripe within Graham County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

27 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Gripe between 1993 and 2017, burning about 244 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural3
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1
Debris and open burning1

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
29 August 1994Natural21 acresGila District OfficeSOLOMON
5 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined24 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeFIRECRACKER
21 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
2 July 2008Naturalunder an acreGila District OfficeSOLOMON RIVER
1 July 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGila District OfficeMP351
9 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeSAGE
23 June 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeSAN JOSE #2
14 June 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined80 acresGila District OfficeBUG

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Graham County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Gripe: 5 producers, 2 occurrences, 2 prospects, 2 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Halite, Bromine, Uranium. 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
Best ClaimUraniumProspect
Safford WellHalite, BromineOccurrenceBrine, Halite
Solomon DepositDiatomiteProspect
SolCopperUnknown
Sol MineCopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite
Airport PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Graham County CrusherSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working 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
San Jose0.7 miles12
Solomon1.7 miles14
Buena Vista3.0 miles12
Lone Star4.2 miles14
Hollywood4.5 miles14
Sanchez5.0 miles12
Safford5.8 miles14
Cactus Flat7.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 5392. 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.