Hilltop, Arizona
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Bowie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85632. It lies near Blumberg Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Rustler Park quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1917 USGS Chiricahua quadrangle1:125000
- 1919 USGS Chiricahua quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1926 USGS Rucker quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Chiricahua Peak quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Rustler Park quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Chiricahua Peak quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Rustler Park quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
41 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Hilltop between 1992 and 2020, burning about 532 acres in total. 25 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 25 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | ONION CREEK |
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 4 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | NORTH FORK |
| 22 August 1996 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Chiricahua National Monument | JESSIEJAME |
| 1 August 2020 | Natural | 7.4 acres | Coronado National Forest | SPLIT ROCK |
| 8 July 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | WHITETAIL |
| 25 July 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Chiricahua National Monument | RIDGELINE |
| 24 July 2000 | Natural | 20 acres | Coronado National Forest | CANYON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 60 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 60 workings within 5 miles of Hilltop: 38 past producers, 10 prospects, 6 occurrences, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Tungsten. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajax Mine | Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Bernoudy Mine | Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Gold | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Chiricahua Mine | Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Tungsten | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Copper, Galena, Lead | |
| Cochise White Marble | Marble, Dimension, Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Cochise White Marble | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Columbia Mine | Lead, Copper, Zinc, Tungsten, Silver, Bismuth | Past Producer | Contact Metamorphic | |
| Columbia Mine | Zinc, Lead, Silver, Tungsten, Copper, Bismuth | Past Producer | ||
| El Tigre Mine | Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold | Producer | 1937, 1947 | |
| Galeyville Mines | Lead, Silver, Tungsten, Copper | Past Producer | 1878, 1945 | |
| Hand | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Copper, Gold, Cadmium | Past Producer | 1881 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galeyville | 4.4 miles | 22 | |
| Paradise | 5.2 miles | 22 | |
| Taylor Place | 6.2 miles | 18 | |
| Portal | 9.1 miles | 22 | |
| San Simon | 19.0 miles | 18 | |
| Vanar | 19.6 miles | 19 | |
| Wheeler Place | 21.3 miles | 18 | |
| Sunizona | 21.4 miles | 19 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q141221921 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 5831. 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.










