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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 20 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.
- 1934 USGS Tucson Mountains quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Cortaro quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Cortaro quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Jaynes quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1992 USGS Jaynes quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Silver Bell Mountains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Jaynes quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
419 since 1993Regional 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/undetermined | 394 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Fire Rescue District | 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 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tucson Fire Department | NOT NAMED |
| 6 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tucson Fire Department | not named |
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila Monster Mine | Lead, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | Contact Metasomatic | |
| Northern Tucson Mountains | Semiprecious Gemstone, Quartz | Past Producer | Agate, Chalcedony | |
| Old Yuma Mine | Lead, Copper, Gold, Semiprecious Gemstone, Zinc, Molybdenum, Silver, Vanadium | Past Producer | Vanadinite, Wulfenite | |
| Old Yuma Mine | Molybdenum, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Lead, Vanadium | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect 95-16 | Copper | Occurrence | Contact Metasomatic | |
| Unnamed Prospect 95-17 | Copper, Molybdenum, Lead | Occurrence | Wulfenite | |
| Unnamed Prospect 95-18 | Lead, Molybdenum | Occurrence | Wulfenite | |
| Action Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ina Road & I-10 Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kino | 1.5 miles | 20 | |
| Jaynes | 1.9 miles | 20 | |
| Tucson National Estates | 2.3 miles | 20 | |
| Casas Adobes | 2.4 miles | 26 | |
| Flowing Wells | 2.5 miles | 20 | |
| Gardner Estates | 3.2 miles | 20 | |
| Cortaro | 3.5 miles | 20 | |
| Stockham | 3.7 miles | 20 |
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.











