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Palm Springs, Arizona

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the North Pinal census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85119. The Survey maps it on the Apache Junction quadrangle.

Palm Springs 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

187 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 187 fires within 5 miles of Palm Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,375 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined157
Recreation and ceremony14
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking3
Natural2
Debris and open burning1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 acreSuperstition Fire and Medical DistrictNOT NAMED
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSuperstition Fire and Medical DistrictNOT NAMED
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSuperstition Fire and Medical DistrictNOT NAMED
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Central DistrictBARKLEY
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSuperstition Fire and Medical DistrictNOT NAMED
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSuperstition Fire and Medical DistrictNOT NAMED
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
4 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 Pinal County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Palm Springs: 7 past producers, 3 prospects, 3 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Silver, Kaolin. 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
Denham ProspectCopper, Lead, Gold, SilverProspect
Mammoth GroupGold, Copper, Silver, Manganese, MolybdenumPast Producer1893, 1978
Randolph Lead-Zinc PropertiesLead, Zinc, CopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Wallpai Brick Co. Clay DepositKaolinPast ProducerKaolinite
Winter Gold and Summer Gold ClaimsSilver, Gold, Zinc, Lead, CopperOccurrence
BulldogGold, SilverPast Producer
Mesa Gold Mining and Milling CoGold, SilverPast Producer
Buckhorn-Boulder PropertyGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Bulldog MineGold, Silver, CopperProducer1892, 1914, 1942
Lost Desert ClaimsGold, Silver, CopperProspect

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
Roadhaven Recreational Vehicle Resort0.5 miles21
Apache Junction0.9 miles21
Youngberg4.6 miles22
Gold Canyon4.9 miles21
Gold Camp14.6 miles20
Florence Junction14.6 miles20
San Tan Valley14.8 miles19
Queen Valley15.1 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 32644. 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.