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Partridge, Arizona

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Nogales census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85621. It lies near Black Peak. The Survey maps it on the Bartlett Mountain quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Partridge within Santa Cruz County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

70 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Partridge (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 21,813 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Natural20
Recreation and ceremony11
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism1
Other causes1
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
5 September 2002Natural1.0 acresCoronado National ForestCANINE
30 September 2000Naturalunder an acreCoronado National ForestARIVACA
28 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeORO BLANCO
27 September 2020Other causes48 acresCoronado National ForestCOBRE
4 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCoronado National ForestARIVACA
30 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
29 August 2015Natural15 acresCoronado National ForestAUSTERLITZ
23 August 2016Recreation and ceremony25 acresCoronado National ForestSAUCITO FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Cruz County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 92 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 92 workings within 5 miles of Partridge (historical): 55 past producers, 24 prospects, 8 occurrences, 4 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gold, 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
Annie LaurieLead, Uranium, Copper, ZincProspect1948
Annie Laurie ProspectLead, Zinc, Manganese, Copper, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, TravertineOccurrence1948
Big Lode MineGold, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Black Copper QueenCopper, Silver, Bismuth, Gold, Indium, ZincProspect
Choctaw MineLead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold, BismuthPast Producer1893
Choctaw MineZinc, Gold, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Commodore MineSilver, Gold, Lead, Copper, ZincPast Producer1875, 1934
Cramer MineGold, Silver, Copper, Iron, ManganesePast ProducerGold, Iron, Silver
Grand ViewCopper, Iron, UraniumProspect
Idaho Mine GroupSilver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Copper, Antimony, ArsenicProducer1914, 1922

Every working recorded in Santa Cruz 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
Oro Blanco1.1 miles21
Ruby2.4 miles21
Old Glory3.3 miles21
Casa Piedra6.4 miles21
Tumacacori13.3 miles20
Carmen13.9 miles20
Otero14.2 miles20
Tubac15.2 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 36768. 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.