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Pantano, Arizona

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Tucson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85641. It lies near Cross Hill. The Survey maps it on The Narrows quadrangle. It stands 3,553 feet above sea level.

Pantano within Pima County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

185 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 185 fires within 5 miles of Pantano between 1992 and 2020, burning about 232 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined120
Equipment and vehicle use23
Smoking20
Debris and open burning6
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Arson/incendiarism3

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
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficePEGASUS
7 September 1997Natural40 acresCoronado National ForestDISTILLERY
7 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
27 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeBELL
23 September 1992Smokingunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
15 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeDAVIDSON CANYON
1 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeBELL ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pima County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Pantano: 8 occurrences, 2 past producers, 2 producers, 2 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Brick Clay. 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
Aqua Verde MineStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
I-19 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pantano Clay DepositBrick ClayProducerSedimentary
Calif-Portland Cement Co Clay LeaseClayUnknown
California-Portland Cement Co.ClayPast Producer
Pantano Clay PitClayProducer
Rincon Valley No. 2ClayOccurrence
Rincon Valley No. 4ClayOccurrence
Rincon Valley No. 6ClayOccurrence
UnknownClayOccurrence

Every working recorded in Pima County

Storms near this place

9 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pantano in 9 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 7 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2012Flash FloodPantano$20,000Heavy rain caused flash flooding along Interstate 10 west of Mescal and ponding of water three feet deep in the Marsh Station Road underpass. One person was injured in a crash on the interstate after the driver lost control of the vehicle in the flood waters.
August 2008Flash FloodPantano$15,000A swift water rescue occurred along Highland ave. at Arroyo Chico. Numerous streets in the city of Tucson were also impassable.
July 2024Flash FloodPantano$5,000Numerous washes in the Tucson area flowed including Cienega Creek. There were numerous reports of road closures throughout Tucson due to flooding.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindPantano$5,000Thunderstorm winds severely damaged an RV port and downed large tree limbs southwest of Mescal.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindPantano-A severe wind gust was measured by a Pima County weather station located at the KEMX radar site.
September 2015Flash FloodPantano-Heavy rain caused extreme flows in Davidson Wash, which was flowing 300 ft across. The wash flowed across Empire View Road, stranding residents on either side of it.
August 2008Flash FloodPantano-A trained spotter reported one inch of rainfall occurred in 30 minutes in Vail with streets flooded.
August 2008Flash FloodPantano-The Pantano Wash near Vail rose 9 feet in one hour and rose about 2 feet out of its banks per the USGS Stream Gage. This flash flooding moved downstream to the Harrison Road low water crossing where several feet of water crossed the roadway.
June 2008Flash FloodPantano-A 6 foot rise occurred on Cienega Creek South of Vail.

Every storm 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
Harrington Place3.5 miles24
Mountain View5.4 miles23
New Tucson6.8 miles21
Pimaco Two7.6 miles21
Vail7.7 miles23
Corona de Tucson10.6 miles21
Esmond11.7 miles25
Rosemont Junction14.0 miles21

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 PantanoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q16242860The 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 32656. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.