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Manzoro, Arizona

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Willcox census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85606. The Survey maps it on the Cochise quadrangle.

Manzoro within Cochise County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

91 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Manzoro between 1992 and 2020, burning about 17,034 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined48
Natural22
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
28 September 2000Natural4.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeGUNNISON
21 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeGUNNISON
19 August 1994Natural4.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
13 August 2020Natural71 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast DistrictFOUR SPEAR
13 August 1993Naturalunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
11 August 2020Naturalunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast DistrictMANZORO
7 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast DistrictDRAGOON
6 July 1992Misuse of fire by a minor30 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cochise County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 43 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Manzoro: 18 past producers, 12 prospects, 7 occurrences, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Marble, Dimension, Gold, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Apache Yellow QuarriesMarble, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1909, 1953
Centurion Area Small MinesTungsten, Copper, SilverPast ProducerScheelite
Cochise QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Empire No 2 MineCopper, Lead, Silver, TungstenPast Producer
Golden Rule MineGold, LeadPast Producer1849, 1883
Golden Rule Mine AreaLead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, CopperProducer1877, 1883, 1957
Jordan Canyon ProspectsCopper, ZincProspect
Ligier Marble QuarriesStone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, Slate, Dimension, Marble, DimensionPast Producer1909, 1946
Marmobello MineLimestone, General, Marble, DimensionPast Producer
Mt. AllenCopper, Tungsten, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrenceFluorite, Scheelite

Every working recorded in Cochise 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
Dragoon3.8 miles19
Cochise5.4 miles17
Johnson6.5 miles19
Arizona Sun Sites8.9 miles18
Tully9.1 miles21
Kansas Settlement11.1 miles16
Pearce12.5 miles18
Black Diamond14.3 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24507. 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.