Palmas Royale, Arizona
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Phoenix census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85021. It lies near Deer Valley. The Survey maps it on the Sunnyslope quadrangle.
On record in Palmas Royale
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 8 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Franklin Hilgeman Houselisted 2017 · 0.3 miles away
Adam Diller Houselisted 2011 · 0.5 miles away
Morgan, David-Bronson, Earl A., Houselisted 2011 · 0.6 miles away
Asbury, Cline R. / Riney B. Salmon Houselisted 2010 · 0.7 miles away- Dr. Bertram L. Snyder Houselisted 2024 · 0.2 miles away
- Samuel L. Bartlett Houselisted 1996 · 0.3 miles away
- Kaler Houselisted 1992 · 0.6 miles away
- Casa Del Northernlisted 2022 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1954 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Sunnyslope quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1969 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Sunnyslope quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Phoenix North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2,388 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,388 fires within 5 miles of Palmas Royale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 237 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 49 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 | 2305 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 49 |
| Natural | 25 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 | Phoenix Fire Department | NOT NAMED |
| 9 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Phoenix Fire Department | 334516 |
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | 154837 |
| 9 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AZ-122597 |
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AZ-111667 |
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AZ-111670 |
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AZ-111669 |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AZ-101905 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Palmas Royale: 9 past producers, 8 unknowns, 6 occurrences, 3 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Kyanite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cram's Gold Standard Prospect | Mercury, Silver, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Crushed Granite Operation Madison | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Marion | Gold, Silver, Bromine | Unknown | ||
| Mercury Group | Mercury, Copper | Past Producer | Cinnabar | |
| Nita Jean | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Rico Group | Mercury, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1916 | |
| Rico Mercury-Pat.#4047 | Mercury, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | 1916 | |
| Seal Rock Group | Kyanite, Mica, Mercury | Occurrence | Cinnabar, Kyanite, Mica | |
| Sealrock Group | Mercury, Mica, Kyanite | Unknown | ||
| Silica Occurrence | Silica | Occurrence | Quartz |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnyslope | 1.2 miles | 18 | |
| The Pointe | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Villa Novena | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Skyline Heights | 2.1 miles | 18 | |
| Palmaritas | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| Estate Monterra | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Lake Biltmore Estates | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Claremont Place | 3.0 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24980. 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.








