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Kinter, Arizona

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Wellton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85365. It stands on Castle Dome Wash. The Survey maps it on the Laguna Dam quadrangle.

Kinter within Yuma County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

74 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Kinter between 1994 and 2019, burning about 309 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined38
Recreation and ceremony19
Debris and open burning9
Firearms and explosives use3
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeKINTER
7 September 2013Naturalunder an acreColorado River DistrictNORTH GILA
7 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado River DistrictLEO
22 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado River DistrictSIPHON
22 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado River DistrictBLASEDELL2
22 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado River DistrictBLASEDELL
20 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado River DistrictYUMA LAKES
8 August 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreColorado River DistrictREFRIDGERATOR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yuma County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Kinter: 15 past producers, 7 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Copper, Gold, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Adair Park PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Arizona Lead Co MillFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, StonePast Producer
Dome ClinoptiloliteZeolites, BentoniteOccurrenceBentonite, Clinoptilolite
Golden Queen MineGold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Manganese, Gypsum-AnhydritePast Producer1937
Las Flores Mine GroupGold, Copper, Silver, ManganesePast Producer
Marble GullyMarble, DimensionPast ProducerMarble
McKay ProspectGold, Copper, IronOccurrenceGold, Hematite
Own CrewsStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownTungstenProspect
UnknownZeolitesOccurrence

Every working recorded in Yuma County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Dome1.9 miles24
Blaisdell3.4 miles20
Fortuna5.4 miles20
Kool Corner6.1 miles23
Laguna6.3 miles23
Fortuna Foothills6.9 miles20
Ligurta7.9 miles19
Araby8.7 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24481. 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.