BlockBefore

Oracle Foothills Estates, Arizona

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Tucson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85718. It stands on Pima Wash. The Survey maps it on the Tucson North quadrangle.

Oracle Foothills Estates within Pima County

On record in Oracle Foothills Estates

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 6 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 26 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

843 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 843 fires within 5 miles of Oracle Foothills Estates between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,304 acres in total. 39 started naturally. 19 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined773
Natural39
Arson/incendiarism19
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Fire Rescue DistrictNOT NAMED
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTucson Fire Department1862474
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTucson Fire Department1862022
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTucson Fire Department1862036
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTucson Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTucson Fire Department1861843

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pima County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Oracle Foothills Estates: 9 occurrences, 7 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Dumar ClaimsUraniumProspect
Pontatoc MineCopper, Silver, Gold, MolybdenumPast Producer1906
Pontotoc MineCopper, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Alamo Springs Area DepositGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer1885
Alamo Springs MineGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
UnknownGeothermalOccurrence
UnknownGeothermalPast Producer
UnknownGeothermalOccurrence
Action Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Evans Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Valley View1.5 miles26
Catalina Foothills1.8 miles26
Amphitheater2.1 miles26
Casas Adobes2.7 miles26
Flowing Wells3.0 miles20
Kleindale3.0 miles26
Gardner Estates3.1 miles20
Silent Wheels Ranchomes3.3 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 Q122550868The 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 37452. 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.