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Nicksville, Arizona

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Bisbee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85615. It lies near Miller Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Nicksville quadrangle.

Nicksville within Cochise County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

320 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 320 fires within 5 miles of Nicksville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,948 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 7 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
Recreation and ceremony175
Missing data/not specified/undetermined87
Natural34
Arson/incendiarism7
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1

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
29 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoronado National ForestMILLER CAMP
28 September 2002Natural3.0 acresCoronado National ForestVISTA
28 September 2002Natural45 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeVISTA FIRE
27 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoronado National ForestHUNTER II
27 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoronado National ForestLOWER CARR
21 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoronado National ForestSTUMP
21 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoronado National ForestMC CORMACK
20 September 1995Naturalunder an acreCoronado National ForestMILLER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cochise County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 41 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Nicksville: 23 past producers, 7 prospects, 5 producers, 5 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Tungsten, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Tungsten, Silver, Gold. 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
Armistice MineLead, Silver, Copper, GoldPast Producer1941, 1949
Armistice MineLead, Silver, Copper, GoldPast Producer1940
Baumkirchner MineGold, Lead, Silver, Copper, ZincProspect1925
Baumkirscher MineLead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, SilverPast ProducerReplacement
Columbia Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Corbett Marble QuarryMarble, DimensionPast ProducerMetamorphic
FletcherSilver, GoldPast Producer
Golden FleeceCopper, Gold, LeadProspect
Golden Fleece MineGold, Copper, Silver, LeadProducer1923, 1941
Hamburg MineCopper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, GoldPast Producer1913, 1950

Every working recorded in Cochise 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
Sierra Vista Estates3.1 miles23
Bledsoe3.1 miles23
Ramsey3.4 miles23
Black Bear Spring4.2 miles23
Miracle Valley6.5 miles19
Village Meadows7.8 miles26
Hereford8.0 miles19
Palominas8.0 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 32321. 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.