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Miami Gardens, Arizona

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Globe-Miami census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85539. It lies near Russell Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Globe quadrangle.

Miami Gardens within Gila County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

143 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Miami Gardens between 1992 and 2020, burning about 210 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined80
Natural31
Arson/incendiarism14
Equipment and vehicle use6
Debris and open burning5
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTri-City Fire Districtnot named
8 September 1997Natural155 acresTonto National ForestMUSKHOG
6 September 1995Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestBEAUTY
30 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTonto National Forestnot named
29 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTri-City Fire District2703
29 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGlobe Fire Department1433
25 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGlobe Fire Department1418
25 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTri-City Fire District2663

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gila County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 167 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 167 workings within 5 miles of Miami Gardens: 95 past producers, 48 producers, 11 prospects, 9 occurrences. 50 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Manganese, 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
Albert Lea MineSilver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Molybdenum, Vanadium, ZincPast Producer1941, 1946
Albert Lea TunnelsSilver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, VanadiumPast Producer
Apache MineVanadium, Lead, Molybdenum, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold, Semiprecious GemstonePast Producer1875, 1929, 1957
Arizona Commercial MineCopper, Gold, Silver, SilicaPast Producer1905, 1979
Azurite MineClayOccurrence
Big Johnnie MineCopper, IronPast Producer1901
Cedar Tree DepositSilver, Copper, Gold, TungstenPast Producer
Copper Cities & Diamond HCopper, Gold, Zinc, Silver, Molybdenum, Lead, Uranium, GemstonePast Producer1896
Copper HillCopper, Silica, Silver, UraniumPast Producer
Cyprus MiamiCopper, Molybdenum, Silver, Gold, Rhodium, Zinc, Lead, PGEProducer1872, 1915

Every working recorded in Gila County

Storms near this place

4 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Miami Gardens in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2025Flash FloodMiami Gardens$20,000Walmart closed due to flooding with around 60% of the store flooded with a couple inches of water. Some trash pallets from behind the store also clogged the culvert under US-60, which compounded the flooding. The extent of damages to the store is unknown. No injuries reported.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindMiami Gardens$5,000Thunderstorm microburst winds, estimated to be in excess of 60 knots, tore down the marquee sign from a pizza shop in the town of Claypool.
July 2010Flash FloodMiami Gardens$2,000Up to 1.50 inches of rain resulted in flooded streets. Water was up to a foot deep along parts of higway 60 in Claypool.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindMiami Gardens-A 60 foot trailer was blown off its foundation after a microburst hit the area. Trees were downed and damage was reported to homes in the area. Trees were blown down and took out power lines which left much of the Globe area without power for about 4 hours. At least one car was damaged after a tree fell on it.

Every storm recorded in Gila 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
Midland City0.2 miles20
Central Heights0.7 miles20
Claypool0.8 miles20
Little Acres1.1 miles20
Lower Miami1.5 miles20
Miami2.3 miles20
Dimario Place2.3 miles20
Burch2.3 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 31791. 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.