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Parkview Estates, Arizona

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Deer Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85310. It lies near Weir Valley. The Survey maps it on the Hedgpeth Hills quadrangle.

Parkview Estates within Maricopa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

505 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 505 fires within 5 miles of Parkview Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,496 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined474
Arson/incendiarism16
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2

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 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-122600
9 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-122599
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department331115
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-132158
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-132159
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department329164
5 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Departmentnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maricopa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Parkview Estates: 13 past producers, 7 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Arizona GraniteStone, Crushed/Broken, GraniteProducer
Gravel PitCopper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, GoldUnknown
Stone QuarryStonePast Producer
Stone QuarryStonePast Producer
Arizona Gold Decomposed Granite PitStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
J.D. Harris Decomposed Granite PitStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Thunderbird Granite PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
79 Ave. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Desert PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

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
Deer Valley2.1 miles19
Suncrest Villas West2.2 miles19
Adobe2.5 miles18
Arrowhead Ranch2.8 miles19
Woodridge VI3.1 miles19
Amberwood North3.2 miles19
Villas Plaza3.2 miles18
Overland Trail3.3 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24997. 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.