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Nariska, Arizona

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Florence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85653. It stands on Guild Wash. The Survey maps it on the Red Rock quadrangle.

Nariska within Pinal County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

140 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Nariska between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,362 acres in total. 5 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined90
Smoking23
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural5
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
30 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
27 September 1996Smokingunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
22 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAvra Valley Fire Districtnot named
21 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAvra Valley Fire Districtnot named
20 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined170 acresGila District OfficeLITTLECROW
20 September 1996Smokingunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
2 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAvra Valley Fire Districtnot named
19 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined242 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeLITTLE CROW 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pinal County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Nariska: 6 occurrences, 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel
UnknownGeothermalOccurrence
UnknownGeothermalOccurrence
UnknownGeothermalOccurrence
UnknownGeothermalOccurrence
UnknownGeothermalOccurrence
UnknownGeothermalOccurrence

Every working recorded in Pinal 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
Avra3.9 miles20
Red Rock5.9 miles20
Wymola13.0 miles19
Friendly Corners17.1 miles19
Oracle Junction17.8 miles21
Picacho19.1 miles19
Laguna20.2 miles19
Saddle Brooke20.8 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 25336. 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.