BlockMeath, Arizona
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Ash Fork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86320. The Survey maps it on the Meath Spring quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 25 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.
- 1886 USGS Chino quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1891 USGS Chino quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1922 USGS Williams quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Ash Fork quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Ash Fork quadrangle1:63360
- 1948 USGS Williams quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Ash Fork quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Williams quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Williams quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Williams quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Williams quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Meath Spring quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Williams quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
42 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Meath (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 57 acres in total. 21 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 | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 5 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | not named |
| 26 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | PUTNEY |
| 26 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 22 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 30 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | HELLS |
| 26 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northwest District | ESTATE |
| 19 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | PUTNEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Meath (historical): 10 past producers, 8 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Volcanic Materials, Pumice, Magnesite, Gold, Silver, Tungsten. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adak | Gold, Silver, Tungsten | Prospect | ||
| Olivine Basalt Pits | Magnesite | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Cruice Cinder Pit | Pumice | Past Producer |
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 42813. 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.