La Palma, Arizona
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Coolidge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85128. The Survey maps it on the Coolidge quadrangle.
On record in La Palma
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- San Carlos Irrigation Project, Picacho Reservoir, South of Gila River, Coolidgefederal building survey, 3 photographs
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1922 USGS Signal Peak quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1924 USGS Signal Peak quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Coolidge quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1971 USGS Coolidge quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Coolidge quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Casa Grande quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
140 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of La Palma between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,692 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None 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/undetermined | 104 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Eloy Fire District | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 141 acres | Gila District Office | CHRISTENSEN |
| 2 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | PILE |
| 17 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 15 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | CANAL |
| 14 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | NOT NAMED |
| 8 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | FLORENCE |
| 27 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | KLECK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of La Palma: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Copper, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Silver Corporation # 1 | Silver, Copper, Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Coolidge Pit & Plant #7 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sand and Gravel Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sand and Gravel | |
| Sand and Gravel Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sand and Gravel |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Randolph | 2.6 miles | 21 | |
| Eleven Mile Corner | 2.8 miles | 21 | |
| Coolidge | 6.8 miles | 21 | |
| Borree Corner | 6.9 miles | 21 | |
| Toltec | 8.0 miles | 19 | |
| Valley Farms | 8.3 miles | 16 | |
| Eloy | 8.8 miles | 19 | |
| Adamsville | 10.0 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 6811. 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.










