BlockLuzena, Arizona
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Bowie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85643. It lies near Monk Draw. The Survey maps it on the Railroad Pass quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1922 USGS Willcox quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS Fisher Hills quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Luzena quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Railroad Pass quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Willcox quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Railroad Pass quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
87 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Luzena between 1992 and 2019, burning about 185 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined | 44 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 3 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 18 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | WET FIRE |
| 16 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | RUNNING |
| 13 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | NINTENDO |
| 21 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 13 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | INTERCHANGE |
| 11 August 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Luzena: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Copper, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yeakley Mine | Lead, Copper, Silver | Producer | Vein |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowie Junction (historical) | 0.5 miles | 17 | |
| Raso | 6.8 miles | 18 | |
| Buckeye Mill | 7.2 miles | 17 | |
| Bowie | 7.7 miles | 17 | |
| Dos Cabezas | 12.4 miles | 17 | |
| Willcox | 13.0 miles | 18 | |
| Olga | 14.7 miles | 17 | |
| Yellow Hammer Mill | 17.9 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24501. 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.