Inspiration, Arizona
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Globe-Miami census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85539. It lies near Moonshine Hill. The Survey maps it on the Inspiration 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.
- 1901 USGS Globe quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1902 USGS Globe quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Inspiration quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Inspiration quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Globe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2004 USGS Inspiration quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
2 photographs, 1942Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
United States. Office of War Information, 1942. Library of Congress
United States. Office of War Information, 1942. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
83 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Inspiration between 1992 and 2020, burning about 563 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined | 34 |
| Natural | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tri-City Fire District | not named |
| 6 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | WEBSTER |
| 6 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | BEAUTY |
| 30 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Tonto National Forest | not named |
| 29 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tri-City Fire District | 2703 |
| 29 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Globe Fire Department | 1433 |
| 29 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | SOTO |
| 25 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tri-City Fire District | 2663 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 84 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 84 workings within 5 miles of Inspiration: 30 past producers, 27 producers, 12 occurrences, 12 prospects. 29 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Gold, Silver, Asbestos. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azurite Mine | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Castle Dome | Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Quartz, Copper | Occurrence | Solution-Cavity Filling | |
| Cedar Tree Deposit | Silver, Copper, Gold, Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Cedar Tree Mine | Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc | Producer | 1913, 1933 | |
| Copper Cities & Diamond H | Copper, Gold, Zinc, Silver, Molybdenum, Lead, Uranium, Gemstone | Past Producer | 1896 | |
| Cyprus Miami | Copper, Molybdenum, Silver, Gold, Rhodium, Zinc, Lead, PGE | Producer | 1872, 1915 | |
| Day Peaks Area Veins | Molybdenum, Lead, Tungsten, Gold | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Dixon Group | Copper, Asbestos | Past Producer | ||
| Globe-Miami Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hoopes Lime Pit | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Inspiration in 1 storm report in 2010: 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2010 | Heavy Rain | Inspiration | - | Heavy rainfall led to very low visibilities, as well as local flooding. Pea sized hail was also reported in Globe. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miami | 1.2 miles | 20 | |
| Lower Miami | 1.5 miles | 20 | |
| Claypool | 2.2 miles | 20 | |
| Miami Gardens | 2.9 miles | 20 | |
| Midland City | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| Burch | 3.5 miles | 20 | |
| Little Acres | 3.5 miles | 20 | |
| Central Heights | 3.6 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 30392. 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.










