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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1921 USGS Old Glory quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Oro Blanco quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Old Glory quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS Oro Blanco quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Bartlett Mtn quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1994 USGS Atascosa Mountains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2004 USGS Bartlett Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
70 since 1994Regional 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/undetermined | 33 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2002 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Coronado National Forest | CANINE |
| 30 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | ARIVACA |
| 28 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | ORO BLANCO |
| 27 September 2020 | Other causes | 48 acres | Coronado National Forest | COBRE |
| 4 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | ARIVACA |
| 30 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 29 August 2015 | Natural | 15 acres | Coronado National Forest | AUSTERLITZ |
| 23 August 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 25 acres | Coronado National Forest | SAUCITO FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 92 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annie Laurie | Lead, Uranium, Copper, Zinc | Prospect | 1948 | |
| Annie Laurie Prospect | Lead, Zinc, Manganese, Copper, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Travertine | Occurrence | 1948 | |
| Big Lode Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Black Copper Queen | Copper, Silver, Bismuth, Gold, Indium, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Choctaw Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold, Bismuth | Past Producer | 1893 | |
| Choctaw Mine | Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Commodore Mine | Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | 1875, 1934 | |
| Cramer Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Gold, Iron, Silver | |
| Grand View | Copper, Iron, Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Idaho Mine Group | Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Copper, Antimony, Arsenic | Producer | 1914, 1922 |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oro Blanco | 1.1 miles | 21 | |
| Ruby | 2.4 miles | 21 | |
| Old Glory | 3.3 miles | 21 | |
| Casa Piedra | 6.4 miles | 21 | |
| Tumacacori | 13.3 miles | 20 | |
| Carmen | 13.9 miles | 20 | |
| Otero | 14.2 miles | 20 | |
| Tubac | 15.2 miles | 20 |
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.









