Kingston Knolls Terrace, Arizona
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Tucson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85710. The Survey maps it on the Tucson East quadrangle.
On record in Kingston Knolls Terrace
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 5 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Churchlisted 2024 · 0.7 miles away- Harold Bell Wright Estatelisted 1985 · 0.7 miles away
- San Rafael Estateslisted 2013 · 0.7 miles away
- Harold Bell Wright Estateslisted 2011 · 0.8 miles away
- El Dorado Lodgelisted 2023 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 27 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.
- 1904 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:125000
- 1905 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Tucson East quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Tucson East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Tucson East quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Tucson East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1,653 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,653 fires within 5 miles of Kingston Knolls Terrace between 2002 and 2020, burning about 250 acres in total. 37 started naturally. 32 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 | 1556 |
| Natural | 37 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tucson Fire Department | NOT NAMED |
| 8 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tucson Fire Department | 1862482 |
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tucson Fire Department | not named |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | 153563 |
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tucson Fire Department | 1861728 |
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tucson Fire Department | 1861641 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Kingston Knolls Terrace: 4 producers, 3 occurrences, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acme Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cindrich Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| North Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Plant 23 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Ridge Estates | 1.8 miles | 27 | |
| Craycroft | 2.2 miles | 25 | |
| Tucson Country Club Estates | 2.2 miles | 27 | |
| Rolling Hills Country Club Estates | 2.6 miles | 27 | |
| Vandenberg Village | 3.5 miles | 27 | |
| Tucson | 4.3 miles | 25 | |
| Polvo | 4.4 miles | 25 | |
| Kleindale | 4.5 miles | 26 |
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 Q122540470 | 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 25240. 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.













