BlockHorn, Arizona
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Wellton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85333. The Survey maps it on the Horn quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1930 USGS Stoval quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Stoval quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Horn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Dateland quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
8 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Horn between 1993 and 2009, burning about 741 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado River District | 40 MILE |
| 25 July 1997 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Colorado River District | TABLE |
| 2 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado River District | DATELAND |
| 23 June 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 125 acres | Colorado River District | WHITE WING |
| 11 June 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Colorado River District | DATELAND |
| 14 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 128 acres | Colorado River District | WINDY |
| 19 March 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 470 acres | Colorado River District | AZTEC |
| 15 November 2002 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | DATELAND |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Horn: 27 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this place
2 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Horn in 2 storm reports between 2022 and 2023: 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horn | $2,000 | Power pole snapped and multiple power lines down along N Avenue 64 E in Dateland. Winds were estimated at between 75-85 mph. No injuries were reported. |
| August 2022 | Flood | Horn | - | A video taken at sunrise on the 20th showed Hoodoo Wash flowing across a low water crossing along Palomas Road, making the road impassable. This was the result of heavy rain that occurred during the night of the 19th. No damage or injuries were reported. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24463. 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.