BlockOcapos, Arizona
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Gila Bend census division. The Survey maps it on the Bosque quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 14 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.
- 1951 USGS Gila Bend quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000, 2 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
- 1973 USGS Bosque quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Gila Bend quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
4 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Ocapos (historical) between 1993 and 2006, burning about 2 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 July 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Phoenix District Office | SHAWMUT |
| 5 June 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.3 acres | Phoenix District Office | BOSQUE |
| 23 June 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Phoenix District Office | CONE |
| 1 November 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Phoenix District Office | FREEMAN |
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 Ocapos (historical): 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bosque Group | Manganese | Occurrence | Replacement |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shawmut | 0.7 miles | 14 | |
| Bosque | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Estrella | 5.3 miles | 18 | |
| Cotton Center | 10.1 miles | 16 | |
| San Lucy Village | 10.9 miles | 15 | |
| Gila Bend | 11.1 miles | 15 | |
| Sil Murk (historical) | 11.2 miles | 15 | |
| Big Horn | 11.5 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2071427. 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.