BlockLone Star, Arizona
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Safford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85546. It stands on Stockton Wash. The Survey maps it on the Safford quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1954 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Safford quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Safford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Safford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Safford quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
18 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Lone Star between 1993 and 2020, burning about 476 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Gila District Office | R/M |
| 5 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | FIRECRACKER |
| 2 July 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Gila District Office | SOLOMON RIVER |
| 21 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Clay Springs/Pinedale Fire Department | not named |
| 20 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 49 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | LONE MOUNTAIN |
| 6 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sunsites-Pearce Fire District | not named |
| 6 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | HOLLYWOOD |
| 3 May 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | BRIDGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Lone Star: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Halite, Bromine, Copper, Geothermal. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mt Graham Well | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Norman Property | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Safford Well | Halite, Bromine | Occurrence | Brine, Halite | |
| Airport Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Morris Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pit No.1 Ray Hatch | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lone Star in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Star | $15,000 | A mesonet station recorded a wind gust to 62 mph in Safford. Thunderstorm winds blew down several power poles and power lines resulting in closures along Highways 191 and 70 between Solomon and Safford. One car suffered damage when power lines fell on it, temporarily trapping the driver. Additionally, damage to a local farmer's cotton crop was reported. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 7310. 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.