BlockHortons Place, Arizona
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the San Manuel census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85192. It stands on Brandenburg Wash. The Survey maps it on the Brandenburg Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 23 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.
- 1911 USGS Winkelman quadrangle1:125000
- 1913 USGS Winkelman quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Brandenburg Mtn quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Holy Joe Peak quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Brandenburg Mtn quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Mammoth quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
19 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Hortons Place between 1993 and 2020, burning about 4,140 acres in total. 15 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 | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 1994 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 9 August 1995 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Gila District Office | BRANDENBUR |
| 5 August 1993 | Natural | 260 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 5 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Phoenix District Office | INDIANHEAD |
| 29 August 1994 | Natural | 210 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 24 August 2020 | Natural | 2,710 acres | Gila District Office | BASIN |
| 23 August 2020 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Gila District Office | PERIZ PEAK |
| 20 August 1993 | Natural | 136 acres | Gila District Office | PAISANO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Hortons Place: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Silica, Uranium, Silver, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cobre Grande Property | Copper, Silica | Past Producer | Quartz | |
| Empire Mountains Deposit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | Gypsum | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hot Spot Claim | Copper, Uranium | Occurrence | Unknown | |
| Southwest Silver Corporation No. 1 | Silver, Copper, Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Cobre Grande Property | Copper, Silica | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blake Place | 5.8 miles | 24 | |
| Parsons Grove | 6.8 miles | 19 | |
| Dudleyville | 7.9 miles | 23 | |
| Copper Creek | 10.4 miles | 19 | |
| North Mammoth | 10.5 miles | 25 | |
| Mammoth | 11.1 miles | 25 | |
| Sombrero Butte | 11.8 miles | 21 | |
| Tiger | 12.8 miles | 25 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24464. 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.