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Mesa Patios, Arizona

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Phoenix census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85203. The Survey maps it on the Mesa quadrangle.

Mesa Patios within Maricopa County

On record in Mesa Patios

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 within a mile 5 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

796 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 796 fires within 5 miles of Mesa Patios between 1995 and 2020, burning about 1,340 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined765
Natural10
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMesa Fire and Medical DepartmentNOT NAMED
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMesa Fire and Medical DepartmentNOT NAMED
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMesa Fire and Medical Department71440
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMesa Fire and Medical Department71180
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMesa Fire and Medical DepartmentNOT NAMED
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMesa Fire and Medical Department70696
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMesa Fire and Medical DepartmentNOT NAMED

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maricopa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Mesa Patios: 10 producers, 4 past producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Mesa Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
A&A Materials ScreeningSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Arizona S&R Plant #3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Chandler Ready Mix PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Johnson Stewart Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mesa Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mesa Plant & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mesa Sand & Rock #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Nesbitt Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Maricopa 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
Mesa0.5 miles22
Hohokam Village0.7 miles22
Woodridge Lakes1.1 miles22
Wintercone Park1.4 miles22
Venture Out Recreational Vehicle Resort2.0 miles22
Lehi2.0 miles22
Los Maderas2.3 miles22
Meadowvale2.4 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.

Wikidata item Q122569941The 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 24946. 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.