BlockIndian Hot Springs, Arizona
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Pima census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85543. It lies near Wide Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Eden quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1954 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Thatcher quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Eden quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Safford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
24 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Indian Hot Springs between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,194 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | ACROSS |
| 7 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Gila District Office | DESERT SAGE |
| 6 July 1992 | Fireworks | 30 acres | Gila District Office | DEADMAN |
| 4 July 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | CANAL |
| 23 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | GRAVEL |
| 23 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Gila District Office | NASH |
| 10 July 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | DEERSPRING |
| 5 June 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Indian Hot Springs: 3 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Water, Free. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Indian Hot Springs | Water, Free | Unknown | ||
| Graham County Mn Deposits | Manganese | Past Producer | 1917 | |
| Voelckel Claims | Manganese | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Indian Hot Springs in 1 storm report in 2021: 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | Indian Hot Springs | - | More than 1 inch of rain in less than an hour in the mountains north of State Rte. 266 caused flash flooding down the mountains and mud and rocks to block a portion of that route. |
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 6214. 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.