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Parkwood, Arizona

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Phoenix census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85035. The Survey maps it on the Fowler quadrangle.

Parkwood within Maricopa County

On record in Parkwood

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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

2,882 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,882 fires within 5 miles of Parkwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 311 acres in total. 32 started naturally. 37 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/undetermined2806
Arson/incendiarism37
Natural32
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Debris and open burning1

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department335425
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office154835
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office154836
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office154837
9 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-122598
9 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-122597
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-111668

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maricopa County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Parkwood: 7 producers, 1 past producer, 1 plant. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Vermiculite. 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
Zonolite Co.VermiculitePlant
Gold Bond Building Products Div.Gypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Phoenix PlantGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Phoenix Redi-Mix PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Phoenix S&R, Agua Fria Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Reeves Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel
Union Rock, 59th Ave Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
United Metro Plant #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Young America Homes0.2 miles27
Legend Estates0.8 miles27
Catalina Village1.3 miles27
Capri Village1.6 miles27
Alhambra1.7 miles27
Cartwright1.7 miles27
Sunburst Homes1.9 miles27
Maryvale2.0 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 25001. 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.