BlockLittle Franks, Arizona
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Safford census division. The Survey maps it on the Orange Butte quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1917 USGS San Simon quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1926 USGS Orange Butte quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS San Simon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS San Simon quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS San Simon quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1987 USGS Orange Butte quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Willcox quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Little Franks between 1996 and 2020, burning about 6 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 May 1996 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Gila District Office | MCKENIZE |
| 3 November 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Gila District Office | MILEMARKER 355 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chaney Place | 7.8 miles | 16 | |
| Whitlock Cienega | 10.5 miles | 10 | |
| Tanque | 21.0 miles | 10 | |
| Artesia | 31.9 miles | 11 | |
| Gripe | 33.3 miles | 12 | |
| San Jose | 33.4 miles | 12 | |
| Swift Trail Junction | 33.5 miles | 11 | |
| Buena Vista | 33.8 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24497. 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.