BlockJohnson, Arizona
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Benson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85609. The Survey maps it on the Dragoon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1943 USGS Dragoon quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Dragoon quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Dragoon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Dragoon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
162 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of Johnson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,569 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 4 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 | 89 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Natural | 22 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1992 | Smoking | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 27 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | STEELE HILLS |
| 21 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | OXYGEN |
| 14 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | REST AREA |
| 12 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | APPRENTICE |
| 21 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.4 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast District | ADAMS |
| 2 August 2009 | Natural | 824 acres | Gila District Office | LIME PEAK |
| 19 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | DRAGOON CACTUS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 94 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 94 workings within 5 miles of Johnson: 58 past producers, 14 occurrences, 10 prospects, 10 producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Tungsten, Copper, Silver, Copper, Silver, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banks Mine | Tungsten, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | Huebnerite, Scheelite | |
| Banks Mine | Tungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Black Prince Mine | Copper, Silver, Zinc, Beryllium | Past Producer | ||
| Bluebird Mine | Tungsten, Copper, Quartz | Past Producer | 1898 | |
| Centurion Area Small Mines | Tungsten, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | Scheelite | |
| Centurion Prospect | Marble, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Chicora Mine | Copper, Silica, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Copper Chief Mine | Copper, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | 1900, 1921 | |
| Copper Chief Mine | Copper, Silver, Zinc, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Copper King Mine | Copper, Zinc, Silver | Past Producer | Silver |
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.
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 Q141221920 | 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 6470. 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.