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Parkside, Arizona

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Phoenix census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85044. It lies near Hidden Valley. The Survey maps it on the Guadalupe quadrangle.

Parkside within Maricopa 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

1,129 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,129 fires within 5 miles of Parkside between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,598 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 27 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/undetermined1069
Arson/incendiarism27
Natural20
Debris and open burning4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department334642
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department334484
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department332813
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department332703
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department331660
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresPima AgencyPREMIUM
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-112019
30 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 Maricopa County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Parkside: 2 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mica, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Gabitzsch-OwensTungsten, CopperProspect
Muscovite Placer-Pat. 2964MicaUnknown
Sanner PitGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerMetamorphic
Skanner PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
ADOT Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel

Every working recorded in Maricopa 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
Cambridge Heights0.5 miles21
Ahwatukee0.6 miles21
Desert Villas0.8 miles21
Burgundy Hill1.1 miles21
Wonder Rift1.7 miles26
The Pointe at South Mountain1.8 miles21
Guadalupe2.0 miles21
Helena2.4 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24996. 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.