BlockPalomas, Arizona
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Wellton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85333. The Survey maps it on the Aztec NW quadrangle. It stands 407 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 17 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.
- 1929 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Aztec NW quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1967 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:50000
- 1980 USGS Dateland quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
10 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Palomas between 1993 and 2020, burning about 746 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado River District | 40 MILE |
| 4 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.3 acres | Colorado River District | DATELAND |
| 24 August 2020 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Colorado River District | VOODOO |
| 25 July 1997 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Colorado River District | TABLE |
| 2 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado River District | DATELAND |
| 23 June 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 125 acres | Colorado River District | WHITE WING |
| 11 June 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Colorado River District | DATELAND |
| 14 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 128 acres | Colorado River District | WINDY |
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 Palomas: 13 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Palomas | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28450742 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24549. 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.