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.
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.
Hall, Arthur C. and Helen Neel, Houselisted 2011 · 0.7 miles away
St. Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Churchlisted 2004 · 0.9 miles away- Rillito Racetrack-Chutelisted 1986 · 0.7 miles away
- Betty-Jean Wilson Houselisted 2016 · 0.7 miles away
- P.W. Fletcher Houselisted 2011 · 0.8 miles away
- John P. and Helena S. Corcoran Houselisted 2011 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 26 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.
- 1904 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:125000
- 1905 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Mount Lemmon quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Tucson North quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Tucson North quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Tucson North quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Tucson North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
843 since 1993Regional 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/undetermined | 773 |
| Natural | 39 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Fire Rescue District | NOT NAMED |
| 8 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tucson Fire Department | 1862474 |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 7 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tucson Fire Department | 1862022 |
| 7 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tucson Fire Department | 1862036 |
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tucson Fire Department | NOT NAMED |
| 6 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tucson Fire Department | 1861843 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dumar Claims | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Pontatoc Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1906 | |
| Pontotoc Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Alamo Springs Area Deposit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | 1885 | |
| Alamo Springs Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Action Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Evans Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley View | 1.5 miles | 26 | |
| Catalina Foothills | 1.8 miles | 26 | |
| Amphitheater | 2.1 miles | 26 | |
| Casas Adobes | 2.7 miles | 26 | |
| Flowing Wells | 3.0 miles | 20 | |
| Kleindale | 3.0 miles | 26 | |
| Gardner Estates | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| Silent Wheels Ranchomes | 3.3 miles | 20 |
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 Q122550868 | 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 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.












