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Lone Mountain Ranch, Arizona

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Deer Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85331. The Survey maps it on the Cave Creek quadrangle.

Lone Mountain Ranch within Maricopa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

105 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Lone Mountain Ranch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,716 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined96
Smoking3
Debris and open burning2
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office154829
28 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-133141
21 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office154862
1 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
6 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-142023
31 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-111641
3 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-111567
29 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maricopa County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Lone Mountain Ranch: 4 occurrences, 4 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Gold, Silver, Manganese, Mercury, Copper, Gold, Iron, Mercury. 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
Copper TopGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Copper Top MineGold, Copper, Silver, LeadPast Producer1904
G.O. JohnCopper, Silver, Gold, LeadProspect
Morman GirlGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, SilicaOccurrenceVein
Mormon Girl-Pat.#2678Copper, Gold, Lead, Manganese, Silver, Zinc, SilicaPast Producer
Pearl Chemical Clay DepositClayPast Producer
Silica OccurrenceSilica, QuartzOccurrenceQuartz
Thunderbird ClaimsCopper, Gold, Iron, Mercury, MicaOccurrence
Thunderbird MineSilver, Manganese, Mercury, Copper, GoldOccurrenceBornite, Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Gold, Malachite

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
Desert Wind0.6 miles20
Trovia1.2 miles20
Carefree Foothills2.0 miles20
Dove Valley Ranch2.3 miles20
Dixileta Verde2.4 miles20
Sincuidados3.2 miles20
Carefree4.2 miles20
Cave Creek4.4 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2058349. 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.