BlockNorton, Arizona
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Wellton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85347. It lies near San Cristobal Valley. The Survey maps it on the Growler quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 20 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.
- 1928 USGS Norton quadrangle1:62500
- 1929 USGS Norton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Growler quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Roll quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Roll quadrangle1:50000
- 1980 USGS Dateland quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
10 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Norton between 1994 and 2008, burning about 645 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None 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 | 7 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2005 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Colorado River District | RAILROAD |
| 29 June 1994 | Natural | 30 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 25 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 69 acres | Colorado River District | MOHAWK |
| 21 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 66 acres | Colorado River District | NORTON |
| 1 May 2007 | Natural | 426 acres | Colorado River District | GILA RIVER |
| 24 April 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Colorado River District | SANDAL |
| 15 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | OWL WASH |
| 3 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado River District | HILL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Norton: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Copper, Iron, Barium-Barite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewell Ann Group | Tungsten, Copper, Iron, Barium-Barite | Occurrence | Barite, Scheelite, Siderite |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24539. 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.