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Grizzles Orchard, Arizona

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Elfrida census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85610. The Survey maps it on the Squaretop Hills West quadrangle.

Grizzles Orchard within Cochise County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

35 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Grizzles Orchard between 1992 and 2020, burning about 632 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined20
Natural7
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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
26 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.6 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast DistrictGLEEAZSON RD
18 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
6 August 2016Naturalunder an acreGila District OfficeTURQUOISE
8 July 2008Natural210 acresGila District OfficeGHOST
13 July 2007Natural13 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeCOURTLAND
13 July 2007Naturalunder an acreGila District OfficeGHOST TOWN
8 June 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office27TH
5 June 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeCOURTLAND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cochise County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 77 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 77 workings within 5 miles of Grizzles Orchard: 54 past producers, 16 producers, 5 prospects, 1 occurrence. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Copper, Silver, Gold, Copper, Silver, Gold. 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
Armstrong MineLead, Copper, Silver, GoldPast ProducerReplacement
Armstrong MineCopper, Silver, Gold, LeadPast Producer
Avalon ClaimGemstoneProducerTurquoise
Casey MineCopper, Gold, Silver, LeadProducer1916, 1937
Copper Belle MineCopper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, BismuthPast Producer
Defiance MineLead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold, Semiprecious Gemstone, VanadiumPast Producer1900, 1958
Germania MineCopper, Silver, Gold, Semiprecious GemstoneProducer1909, 1940
Kendall GroupGold, Lead, Molybdenum, SilverPast Producer
Last Chance MineLead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold, GemstonePast Producer1912, 1949
Last Chance MineLead, Zinc, Gold, Silver, CopperPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cochise 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
Courtland3.4 miles18
Gleeson4.5 miles21
Elfrida5.8 miles19
Sunizona10.2 miles19
Black Diamond10.4 miles19
Pearce11.1 miles18
McNeal11.4 miles19
Arizona Sun Sites15.8 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24441. 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.