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Orange Grove Estates, Arizona

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Tucson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85741. It lies near CaƱada del Oro. The Survey maps it on the Jaynes quadrangle.

Orange Grove Estates within Pima County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 20 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

419 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 419 fires within 5 miles of Orange Grove Estates between 1993 and 2020, burning about 68 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined394
Natural12
Arson/incendiarism6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking1

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Fire Rescue DistrictNOT NAMED
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
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTucson Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
6 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTucson Fire Departmentnot named
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pima County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Orange Grove Estates: 5 past producers, 4 producers, 4 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Vanadium, Lead, Copper, Zinc. 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
Gila Monster MineLead, Copper, ZincPast ProducerContact Metasomatic
Northern Tucson MountainsSemiprecious Gemstone, QuartzPast ProducerAgate, Chalcedony
Old Yuma MineLead, Copper, Gold, Semiprecious Gemstone, Zinc, Molybdenum, Silver, VanadiumPast ProducerVanadinite, Wulfenite
Old Yuma MineMolybdenum, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Lead, VanadiumPast Producer
UnknownGeothermalOccurrence
Unnamed Prospect 95-16CopperOccurrenceContact Metasomatic
Unnamed Prospect 95-17Copper, Molybdenum, LeadOccurrenceWulfenite
Unnamed Prospect 95-18Lead, MolybdenumOccurrenceWulfenite
Action Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ina Road & I-10 PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Kino1.5 miles20
Jaynes1.9 miles20
Tucson National Estates2.3 miles20
Casas Adobes2.4 miles26
Flowing Wells2.5 miles20
Gardner Estates3.2 miles20
Cortaro3.5 miles20
Stockham3.7 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 25241. 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.