Paradise Valley Mobilhome Park, 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 85032. It lies near Shadow Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Union Hills quadrangle.
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
- 1964 USGS Union Hills quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1969 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Union Hills quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Phoenix North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
991 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 991 fires within 5 miles of Paradise Valley Mobilhome Park between 1995 and 2020, burning about 90 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 13 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 | 948 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AZ-122601 |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AZ-101906 |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AZ-101907 |
| 8 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Phoenix Fire Department | 334318 |
| 7 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AZ-142070 |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AZ-111664 |
| 7 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AZ-101900 |
| 7 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AZ-101899 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 36 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Paradise Valley Mobilhome Park: 15 unknowns, 12 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Mercury, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury Group | Mercury, Copper | Past Producer | Cinnabar | |
| Victoria Quicksilver | Mercury, Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Kruger and Sultan-Pat.#4355 & 1906 | Gold, Copper, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Rico Group | Mercury, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1916 | |
| Nita Jean | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Stone Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Stone Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Boulder Prospect | Mercury | Occurrence | 1917 | |
| Eureka Group-Pat.#4111 | Mercury | Prospect | ||
| Jones-Husted Prospect | Mercury | Occurrence | 1916 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palm Lakes Village | 0.5 miles | 18 | |
| Mountain Vista | 0.6 miles | 18 | |
| Paradise City | 0.8 miles | 18 | |
| Pepper Ridge | 0.9 miles | 18 | |
| Suncrest Villas East | 0.9 miles | 18 | |
| Lookout Mountain | 1.0 miles | 18 | |
| Sunset Hills | 1.1 miles | 18 | |
| Paradise Valley Oasis | 1.1 miles | 18 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122550767 | 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 24992. 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.








