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Harrington Place, Arizona

24 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 85641. It lies near Distillery Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Rincon Peak quadrangle.

Harrington Place within Pima County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 24 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

129 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 129 fires within 5 miles of Harrington Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,103 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined71
Equipment and vehicle use19
Smoking15
Natural15
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficePEGASUS
7 September 1997Natural40 acresCoronado National ForestDISTILLERY
7 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
3 September 2013Naturalunder an acreSaguaro National ParkRINCON
27 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeBELL
1 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeBELL ROAD
4 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeMESCAL WASH
3 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeMARSH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pima County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Harrington Place: 9 occurrences, 2 past producers, 2 producers, 2 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Barium-Barite, Brick Clay. 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
Heavy Boy ProspectBarium-BariteOccurrenceBarite
I-19 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pantano Clay DepositBrick ClayProducerSedimentary
Calif-Portland Cement Co Clay LeaseClayUnknown
California-Portland Cement Co.ClayPast Producer
Pantano Clay PitClayProducer
Rincon Valley No. 1ClayOccurrence
Rincon Valley No. 2ClayOccurrence
Rincon Valley No. 4ClayOccurrence
Rincon Valley No. 6ClayOccurrence

Every working recorded in Pima 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
Pantano3.5 miles20
Mountain View7.7 miles23
Pimaco Two8.1 miles21
Vail8.8 miles23
New Tucson9.5 miles21
Esmond12.1 miles25
Corona de Tucson13.2 miles21
Civano14.3 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 29760. 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.