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Oracle Junction, Arizona

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Florence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85739. It lies near Fox Ravine (historical). The Survey maps it on the Oracle Junction quadrangle.

Oracle Junction within Pinal County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

100 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Oracle Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,083 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined79
Natural8
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Debris and open burning1

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
3 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGolder Ranch Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
23 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGolder Ranch Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
18 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGolder Ranch Fire District1828098
13 September 2000Smokingunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficePIONEER
8 August 1995Natural5.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
7 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
7 August 1993Naturalunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pinal County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Oracle Junction: 6 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Marble, Dimension, Copper, Silver. 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
Gold Channel Placer #1-36GoldPast Producer
Jesse BentonSilverPast Producer
Orizaba PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Tortolita MountainsLimestone, General, Marble, DimensionOccurrenceSedimentary
Unnamed Copper DepositCopperProspectChalcopyrite
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel

Every working recorded in Pinal 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
Saddle Brooke3.5 miles20
Casa del Oro5.0 miles20
Oracle9.4 miles20
Campo Bonito10.4 miles28
Highjinks10.4 miles28
Oak Wells16.1 miles25
San Manuel16.3 miles28
Fordville16.3 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24547. 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.