New Tucson, Arizona
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Tucson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85641. The Survey maps it on the Mount Fagan quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 21 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.
- 1904 USGS Patagonia quadrangle1:125000
- 1905 USGS Patagonia quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Empire Mountains quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Mount Fagan quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1994 USGS Fort Huachuca quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1996 USGS Mount Fagan quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
183 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 183 fires within 5 miles of New Tucson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 685 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined | 143 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | WENTWORTH |
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Rincon Valley Fire District | NOT NAMED |
| 4 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 25 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 22 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 21 September 1995 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 15 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | DAVIDSON CANYON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 40 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of New Tucson: 19 past producers, 14 occurrences, 6 producers, 1 unknown. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Limestone, General, Copper, Silver, Marble, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrada Marble Quarry | Calcium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Busterville | Silver, Zinc, Gold, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| C & H Mine Group | Copper, Gold, Tungsten, Silver, Molybdenum | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Powellite, Pyrite, Scheelite | |
| C and H Mine Group | Copper, Silver, Tungsten, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| California Mine | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Marble, Dimension, Molybdenum | Producer | Metamorphic | |
| California Mine | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Crown Claims Nos. 1 & 2 | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper | Producer | 1945, 1947 | |
| Cuprite Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1899 | |
| Cuprite Mine Group | Silver, Copper, Molybdenum, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Dimple Mine | Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc, Antimony | Producer | 1923, 1949 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain View | 2.1 miles | 23 | |
| Corona de Tucson | 3.9 miles | 21 | |
| Vail | 4.9 miles | 23 | |
| Pantano | 6.8 miles | 20 | |
| Esmond | 8.6 miles | 25 | |
| Helvetia | 9.4 miles | 21 | |
| Harrington Place | 9.5 miles | 24 | |
| Rosemont Junction | 10.0 miles | 21 |
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 Q122542767 | 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 37431. 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.








