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Lewis Springs, Arizona

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Bisbee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85635. It lies near Government Draw. The Survey maps it on the Lewis Springs quadrangle.

Lewis Springs within Cochise County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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

122 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Lewis Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,609 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined70
Natural16
Recreation and ceremony15
Equipment and vehicle use8
Debris and open burning7
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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
19 September 1992Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
18 September 2018Naturalunder an acreGila District OfficeCHARLESTON
16 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFry Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
8 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFry Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
5 August 2010Naturalunder an acreGila District OfficeGOPHER
26 August 2006Naturalunder an acreGila District OfficeFENCE POST
23 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGila District OfficeTRASH CAN
20 August 2001Naturalunder an acreGila District OfficeCHARLESTON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cochise County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Lewis Springs: 9 past producers, 3 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Geothermal, Copper, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
Alkie MineCopper, Silver, LeadPast Producer1938, 1954
Alkie MineCopper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Arlington MineLead, Copper, Gold, SilverPast Producer1924
Arlington MineGold, Lead, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Eocene Research PlantSilverProducer
Gallagher Vanadium & Rare Minerals Corporation MineVanadium, Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Molybdenum, ManganesePast Producer1929, 1953
Gallagher Vanadium and Rare MineralVanadium, Copper, Gold, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Government Draw ProspectFluorine-FluoriteOccurrenceVein
ManilaLead, Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Silver, VanadiumPast Producer
Manila MineLead, Gold, Copper, Vanadium, Molybdenum, SilverPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Cochise 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
Charleston (historical)4.1 miles21
Village Meadows7.2 miles26
Fry8.3 miles26
Sierra Vista8.8 miles26
Sierra Vista Estates9.0 miles23
Tombstone9.9 miles21
Fairbank (historical)10.1 miles21
Hereford10.1 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24493. 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.