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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.

New Tucson within Pima County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

183 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined143
Equipment and vehicle use13
Natural11
Debris and open burning6
Smoking5
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeWENTWORTH
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRincon Valley Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
4 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
25 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
22 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
21 September 1995Smoking1.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
15 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeDAVIDSON CANYON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pima County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 40 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Andrada Marble QuarryCalcium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, DimensionPast Producer
BustervilleSilver, Zinc, Gold, LeadPast Producer
C & H Mine GroupCopper, Gold, Tungsten, Silver, MolybdenumPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Powellite, Pyrite, Scheelite
C and H Mine GroupCopper, Silver, Tungsten, GoldPast Producer
California MineCopper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Marble, Dimension, MolybdenumProducerMetamorphic
California MineCopper, Gold, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Crown Claims Nos. 1 & 2Lead, Zinc, Silver, CopperProducer1945, 1947
Cuprite MineCopper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, MolybdenumPast Producer1899
Cuprite Mine GroupSilver, Copper, Molybdenum, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Dimple MineLead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc, AntimonyProducer1923, 1949

Every working recorded in Pima 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
Mountain View2.1 miles23
Corona de Tucson3.9 miles21
Vail4.9 miles23
Pantano6.8 miles20
Esmond8.6 miles25
Helvetia9.4 miles21
Harrington Place9.5 miles24
Rosemont Junction10.0 miles21

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 Q122542767The 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.