North Mammoth, Arizona
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the San Manuel census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85618. It stands on Tucson Wash. The Survey maps it on the Mammoth quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 25 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.
- 1911 USGS Winkelman quadrangle1:125000
- 1913 USGS Winkelman quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Mammoth quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Mammoth quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Mammoth quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Mammoth quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Mammoth quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
28 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of North Mammoth between 1992 and 2017, burning about 283 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | LINDA VISTA |
| 7 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 30 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | SMELTER |
| 3 August 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | RIVER |
| 1 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.2 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 4 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 28 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 27 July 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 28 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of North Mammoth: 14 past producers, 5 producers, 5 prospects, 3 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Silica, Gold, Gold, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Beauty Property | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Bose Mine | Lead, Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Ford Property | Gold, Lead, Silver, Vanadium, Copper, Molybdenum | Past Producer | ||
| Iron Oxide Prospect | Lead | Prospect | ||
| Mammoth | Gold, Lead, Copper, Molybdenum, Vanadium, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Mammoth - St. Anthony Mine | Gold, Lead, Zinc, Vanadium, Silica, Silver, Molybdenum, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Tungsten | Past Producer | 1879, 1881 | |
| Mammoth Gold Mining Co Property | Gold, Copper, Lead, Molybdenum | Past Producer | ||
| Mammoth Tailings Dump | Silica, Silver, Copper, Gold | Unknown | ||
| Mammoth-Tiger | Gold, Lead, Barium-Barite, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, Molybdenum, Silver, Tungsten, Vanadium, Zinc | Unknown | 1879, 1881 | |
| Mohawk | Gold, Lead, Manganese, Silver, Molybdenum, Vanadium, Zinc | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Mammoth in 4 storm reports between 2014 and 2023: 2 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2014 | Flood | North Mammoth | $30,000 | Heavy rain which occurred near the headwaters of the San Pedro River in Mexico and also over Cochise County due to Tropical Depression Odile caused significant rises on the San Pedro River. Water eventually made its way north through Mammoth, where the river overflowed it banks. Three homes and rural roads were flooded. Other residences were evacuated as a precaution. Residents were allowed back in their homes in the morning as the water receded. No injuries occurred. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Mammoth | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a large dead tree that fell onto a pickup while driving along Owens Pl. |
| August 2019 | Flash Flood | North Mammoth | - | Between 1 and 2 inches of rain in around one hour between Mammoth and San Manuel caused flash flooding at Copper Creek Road along the San Pedro River. |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | North Mammoth | - | Route 77 about 3.7 miles north of Mammoth, AZ was closed at mile marker 117 due to flash flooding. Rainfall in excess of 0.75 inches fell in a short period of time with a slow-moving thunderstorm, causing the road to flood. The same storm produced a storm total of 3.5 inches in Dudleyville, AZ. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mammoth | 0.8 miles | 25 | |
| Tiger | 2.6 miles | 25 | |
| Fordville | 3.2 miles | 25 | |
| Blake Place | 8.3 miles | 24 | |
| Sombrero Butte | 8.7 miles | 21 | |
| Copper Creek | 9.1 miles | 19 | |
| San Manuel | 9.3 miles | 28 | |
| Hortons Place | 10.5 miles | 23 |
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 Q122565560 | 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 25337. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.











