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Old Tucson Estates, Arizona

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Tucson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85735. The Survey maps it on the Cat Mountain quadrangle.

Old Tucson Estates within Pima County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

85 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Old Tucson Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 29 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined82
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
30 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDrexel Heights Fire District5592
25 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
23 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDrexel Heights Fire District5437
15 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTucson Fire Department1864032
13 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
10 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDrexel Heights Fire District5167
1 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDrexel Heights Fire District4955
8 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDrexel Heights Fire Districtnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pima County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 75 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 75 workings within 5 miles of Old Tucson Estates: 44 occurrences, 17 past producers, 7 producers, 5 unknowns. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Barium-Barite, Lead, 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
Arizona-Tonopah MineLead, Silver, Copper, GoldProducer1925, 1929
Battle Axe MineSilica, Copper, Silver, GoldPast Producer1907, 1970
Bonanza ParkSilver, Lead, CopperUnknown
Dutchess ClaimUraniumProspect
Ivy May MineCopper, Lead, Silver, GoldProducer1920, 1934
Lazy C QuarriesStone, DimensionPast Producer
Old Mission MineSilver, Copper, Lead, Gold, Iron, Manganese, Barium-BariteProducerArgentite, Hematite
Old Mission MineCopper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Palo Verde MineLead, Gold, Copper, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Palo Verde Mine AmoleZinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, GoldProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite

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
Tucson Estates0.3 miles21
Old Tucson2.9 miles22
Drexel Heights4.7 miles21
Black Mountain Estates5.4 miles20
El Rio6.6 miles25
South Tucson6.8 miles25
Pascua Yaqui Indian Village7.3 miles25
Silent Wheels Ranchomes7.6 miles20

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 Q122566245The 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 2622816. 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.