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Lochiel, Arizona

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Patagonia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85624. It lies near San Rafael Valley. The Survey maps it on the Lochiel quadrangle. It stands 4,685 feet above sea level.

Lochiel within Santa Cruz County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

46 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Lochiel between 1996 and 2020, burning about 19,168 acres in total. 15 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/undetermined15
Natural15
Recreation and ceremony10
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2009Naturalunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeSAN RAFAEL
8 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast DistrictCANYON
8 August 2003Natural5.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeDRAGOON MOUNTAIN
21 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast DistrictSANTA CRUZ
2 August 2013Naturalunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeSAN RAFAEL
19 August 2013Natural62 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeSANTA CRUS
18 August 2012Naturalunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeSHEEHY
15 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.6 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast DistrictPARKER CANYON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Cruz County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Lochiel: 24 past producers, 5 producers, 4 prospects, 2 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Zinc. 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
Belmont MineZinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, MolybdenumProducer1850, 1932, 1947
Belmont MineCopper, Zinc, Gold, Lead, Molybdenum, SilverPast Producer
Benton MineCopper, Molybdenum, GoldOccurrence1882
Benton MineCopper, Molybdenum, GoldPast Producer
Bonanza MineCopper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Manganese, MolybdenumPast Producer1882, 1889, 1961
Double Standard Mine DudleyZinc, Copper, Gold, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Duquesne MineLead, Zinc, Gold, Manganese, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Evening StarSilver, Zinc, Lead, Copper, GoldPast Producer
Holland MineSilver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Gold, Semiprecious Gemstone, QuartzPast Producer1880
Holland MineZinc, Lead, Silver, CopperPast Producer

Every working recorded in Santa Cruz County

Storms near this place

2 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lochiel in 2 storm reports in 2016: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2016Thunderstorm WindLochiel$1,000Thunderstorm winds uprooted trees in rural Santa Cruz County.
June 2016HailLochiel-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Santa Cruz 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
Duquesne4.1 miles23
Washington Camp4.8 miles22
Kino Springs10.0 miles19
Harshaw10.1 miles22
Trench Camp10.5 miles22
Beyerville14.0 miles20
Canelo15.4 miles26
Patagonia15.7 miles22

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.

Wikipedia article on LochielAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14680551The 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 31163. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.