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Las Alegres, Arizona

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Phoenix census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85215. It lies near Spook Hill. The Survey maps it on the Buckhorn quadrangle.

Las Alegres within Maricopa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

287 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 287 fires within 5 miles of Las Alegres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 995 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined230
Arson/incendiarism18
Recreation and ceremony16
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural4
Debris and open burning4
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMesa Fire and Medical Department70804
4 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMesa Fire and Medical Department70271
4 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMesa Fire and Medical Department70432
4 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTonto National Forestnot named
28 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMesa Fire and Medical Departmentnot named
24 September 1995Smokingunder an acreTonto National ForestUSUAL
23 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMesa Fire and Medical Departmentnot named
22 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMesa Fire and Medical Department75356

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maricopa County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Las Alegres: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Red Mountain MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Beeline PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Granite Reef MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mc Kellips Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel

Every working recorded in Maricopa 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
Harmony Villa0.1 miles21
Palmas del Sol0.7 miles21
Apache Wells1.1 miles21
Granite Reef Estates1.5 miles21
Sunshine Acres1.7 miles21
Velda Rose Estates2.8 miles21
Dreamland Villa2.9 miles21
Buckhorn3.1 miles21

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 Q122562516The 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 37014. 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.