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Mountain Meadow, Arizona

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Payson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85541. The Survey maps it on the Promontory Butte quadrangle.

Mountain Meadow within Gila County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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

759 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 759 fires within 5 miles of Mountain Meadow between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,202 acres in total. 313 started naturally. 6 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
Natural313
Recreation and ceremony297
Missing data/not specified/undetermined66
Smoking39
Equipment and vehicle use13
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Debris and open burning6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Arson/incendiarism6
Fireworks5

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 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestWINDY
8 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestPROMONTORY BUTTE
6 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestBUTTE
5 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTonto National ForestSEE
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChristopher-Kohl's Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
4 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTonto National ForestGRADE
4 September 2004Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestBOOT
30 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreChristopher-Kohl's Fire District194

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gila County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Mountain Meadow: 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Christopher Mtn HematiteIronOccurrence
Goose Egg ClaimGoldProspect
Mormon Lake Uranium ClaimsUraniumProspect

Every working 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
See Canyon Summer Homes0.1 miles27
Mountain Meadows0.5 miles27
Christopher Creek0.8 miles27
Hunter Creek Ranch1.3 miles27
Bear Flat3.8 miles27
Sleepy Hollow4.1 miles19
Kohls Ranch4.7 miles27
Thompson Draw Summer Homes Unit One5.2 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 39641. 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.