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Kohls Ranch, Arizona

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Payson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85541. It lies near Kushs Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Promontory Butte quadrangle.

Kohls Ranch within Gila County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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

557 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 557 fires within 5 miles of Kohls Ranch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,360 acres in total. 355 started naturally. 14 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
Natural355
Recreation and ceremony61
Missing data/not specified/undetermined57
Equipment and vehicle use20
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Arson/incendiarism14
Smoking11
Debris and open burning8
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Fireworks5
Other causes2

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
9 September 1994Naturalunder an acreTonto National Forestnot named
8 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestPROMONTORY BUTTE
6 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestBUTTE
5 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTonto National ForestSEE
4 September 2004Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestBOOT
30 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreChristopher-Kohl's Fire District194
30 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTonto National ForestKOHLS
28 September 2014Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestHUNTER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gila County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Kohls Ranch: 3 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, Copper, Uranium. 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
Christopher Mtn HematiteIronOccurrence
Goose Egg ClaimGoldProspect
Hillside Clai3CopperProspect
Mormon Lake Uranium ClaimsUraniumProspect

Every working recorded in Gila 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
Thompson Draw Summer Homes Unit One1.0 miles27
Thompson Draw Summer Homes Unit Two1.5 miles27
Tonto Village2.1 miles25
Tonto Estate2.3 miles27
Bear Flat2.6 miles27
Christopher Creek4.2 miles27
Mountain Meadows4.4 miles27
Hunter Creek Ranch4.6 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 30808. 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.