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Parsons Grove, Arizona

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the San Manuel census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85192. It lies near Saddle Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Oak Grove Canyon quadrangle.

Parsons Grove within Pinal County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

25 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Parsons Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,469 acres in total. 21 started naturally. None was 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
Natural21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Smoking1

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
6 August 1995Natural110 acresGila District OfficePARSON CAN
5 August 1995Natural1.0 acresGila District OfficeCHIMNEY
5 August 1993Natural260 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
3 August 2020Natural60 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast DistrictTABLE
29 August 1994Natural210 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
24 August 2020Natural71 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast DistrictSIXTYSIX PEAK
24 August 2020Natural2,710 acresGila District OfficeBASIN
20 August 1993Natural136 acresGila District OfficePAISANO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pinal County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 48 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 48 workings within 5 miles of Parsons Grove: 26 occurrences, 12 past producers, 9 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Gold, Manganese, Molybdenum, Copper. 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
Blue Bird MineLead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Molybdenum, Vanadium, IronPast Producer1863
BluebirdCopper, Silver, Gold, LeadPast Producer
Bluebird MineLead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Vanadium, Zinc, Tungsten, Molybdenum, ManganesePast Producer1863
Childs-Aldwinkle MineMolybdenum, Copper, Silver, Gold, Arsenic, Zinc, Lead, Bismuth, AntimonyPast Producer1883, 1890
Clark MineCopper, Silver, Gold, LeadProducer1905, 1934
Cobre Grande PropertyCopper, SilicaPast ProducerQuartz
Cobre Grande PropertyCopper, SilicaProspect
Copper Creek DistrictGemstone, QuartzProspect
Copper Giant MineCopper, TungstenPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Wolframite
Copper Prince MineCopper, Tungsten, MolybdenumPast Producer1907

Every working recorded in Pinal 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
Blake Place2.7 miles24
Copper Creek5.1 miles19
Hortons Place6.8 miles23
Sombrero Butte6.8 miles21
North Mammoth11.0 miles25
Mammoth11.2 miles25
Tiger13.6 miles25
Fordville14.2 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24553. 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.