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Maricopa Wells, Arizona

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Gila River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85339. The Survey maps it on the Pima Butte quadrangle. It stands 1,093 feet above sea level.

Maricopa Wells within Pinal County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 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

94 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Maricopa Wells between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,567 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined51
Arson/incendiarism18
Debris and open burning9
Smoking6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1
Firearms and explosives 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
13 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePima AgencyHOOVER
12 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePima AgencyPOWERLINE
9 August 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePima AgencyHOLLY #?!
4 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresPima AgencyMARICOPARD
17 August 2005Naturalunder an acreKaibab National ForestSCHOLZ
13 August 1993Debris and open burningunder an acrePima AgencyCHICKEN HO
11 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresPima AgencyHOBBY
10 August 1993Debris and open burningunder an acrePima AgencyBELT LINE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pinal County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Maricopa Wells: 3 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Feldspar, Quartz, Granite, Stone. 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
North Spur of Pima ButteMica, Feldspar, QuartzOccurrenceMuscovite
Pima Butte AreaGranite, StonePast ProducerGranite
North Spur of Pima ButteMicaProspect
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel

Every working recorded in Pinal 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
Sacate1.1 miles22
Santa Cruz6.3 miles22
Heaton6.3 miles22
Maricopa7.4 miles22
Enid8.8 miles22
Snaketown8.8 miles19
Ak Chin8.9 miles22
Ak-Chin Village9.2 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 Maricopa WellsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6762595The 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 42802. 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.