Maverick, Arizona
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Fort Apache census division. It stands on Bluff Cienega Creek. The Survey maps it on the Maverick quadrangle.
On record in Maverick
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
PS Knoll Lookout Complexlisted 1988
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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 Clifton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Maverick quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Maverick quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Nutrioso quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
144 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Maverick between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,654 acres in total. 130 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 130 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2017 | Natural | 153 acres | Fort Apache Agency | PAIR-O-DICE |
| 16 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | HARRICANE |
| 13 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | TONTO |
| 8 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | BUTTERFIEL |
| 8 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | not named |
| 7 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | LOOKOUT |
| 5 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | DUDE RANCH |
| 4 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | ODART CIEN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Maverick: 3 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hansen Claims | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maverick in 1 storm report in 2016: 1 heavy rain. 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 2016 | Heavy Rain | Maverick | - | The Mesonet station 14 miles east-southeast of East Fork (QLMA3) recorded 2.16 inches of rainfall. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Forks | 14.6 miles | 15 | |
| Crosby Crossing | 15.8 miles | 15 | |
| Kinney Junction | 17.0 miles | 10 | |
| Boneyard | 17.3 miles | 15 | |
| Greer | 19.0 miles | 18 | |
| Hawley Lake | 19.7 miles | 10 | |
| Northwoods | 20.3 miles | 18 | |
| Alpine | 22.6 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24510. 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.






