BlockMidway, Arizona
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Parker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85325. The Survey maps it on the Powerline Well quadrangle. It stands 1,453 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1923 USGS Signal quadrangle1:250000
- 1942 USGS Signal quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Swansea quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Alamo Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Powerline Well quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Midway between 1992 and 2011, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 July 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 11 June 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Colorado River District | MOSS BASIN |
| 7 November 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Colorado River District | SARA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Midway: 6 occurrences, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Limestone, General, Marble, Dimension, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona Midway Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Battleship Copper Mine | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Green Streak Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Knight Group | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Arizona Midway Mine | Limestone, General, Marble, Dimension | Occurrence | Limestone, Marble | |
| Battleship Peak | Limestone, General | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Battleship Peak | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Chisholm Claims | Marble, Dimension | Occurrence | Marble | |
| Chisholm Claims | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swansea | 7.2 miles | 18 | |
| Bouse | 11.4 miles | 19 | |
| Planet | 12.9 miles | 18 | |
| Utting | 16.0 miles | 16 | |
| McVay | 18.6 miles | 16 | |
| Parker Strip | 19.4 miles | 25 | |
| Cienega Springs | 19.7 miles | 25 | |
| Alamo Crossing (historical) | 20.8 miles | 18 |
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 Q28222604 | The 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 24518. 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.