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Patrick Park, Arizona

26 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 85040. The Survey maps it on the Phoenix quadrangle.

Patrick Park within Maricopa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 26 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

1,854 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,854 fires within 5 miles of Patrick Park between 1993 and 2020, burning about 584 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 44 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/undetermined1781
Arson/incendiarism44
Natural21
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department334642
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department334604
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department334484
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Departmentnot named
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office154830
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department331660
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-132930
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-111661

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maricopa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Patrick Park: 7 past producers, 6 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mica. 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
Gabitzsch-OwensTungsten, CopperProspect
Muscovite Placer-Pat. 2964MicaUnknown
Sanner PitGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerMetamorphic
Skanner PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Phoenix BrickyardClayPlant
Tolleson Clay PitClayProducer
Arizona S&R, Main PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel

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
Citrus Hills1.5 miles26
Cimarron1.6 miles23
Villa Monte Vista1.9 miles26
Contempo Tempe2.5 miles23
The Pointe at South Mountain2.7 miles21
La Montana del Sur2.9 miles26
South Phoenix2.9 miles26
Wonder Rift3.0 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 9254. 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.