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Paul Spur, Arizona

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Bisbee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85607. The Survey maps it on the Paul Spur quadrangle. It stands 4,222 feet above sea level.

Paul Spur within Cochise County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 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

52 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Paul Spur between 1992 and 2020, burning about 897 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined20
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural8
Debris and open burning5
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism2

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
8 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
21 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeCRAZY CLOWN
5 August 2002Natural10 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeBORDER
16 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeRAINY
9 July 2017Natural4.0 acresGila District OfficeGREY FACE
19 July 2004Natural2.5 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficePIRTLE
17 July 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeSPUR
16 July 1994Natural3.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cochise County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Paul Spur: 5 occurrences, 4 producers, 3 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Vanadium, Lead, Zinc. 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
Douglas QuarryMarble, Dimension, Limestone, High Calcium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, DimensionProducer1965
Glance MineCopper, Vanadium, Lead, ZincOccurrenceUnknown
No. 1 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Paul Lime QuarryCalciumProducer
Unidentified SilicaSilicaPast ProducerQuartzite
Warren Basin Leasing and Devel CoLead, Silver, CopperOccurrence
Bisbee Se No. 1Limestone, GeneralOccurrenceSedimentary
Marguette & Arizona MineManganesePast ProducerPsilomelane
Marquette-Arizona Grp.Bisbee DisManganesePast Producer1954
Paul Lime PlantLimestone, GeneralProducer

Every working recorded in Cochise County

Storms near this place

5 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Paul Spur in 5 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2025Thunderstorm WindPaul Spur-A severe thunderstorm resulted in a wind gust of 63 mph at Cochise College Airport.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindPaul Spur-Mesonet station at Cochise College airport recorded a wind gust of 58 mph.
August 2014HailPaul Spur-Spotter originally found quarter size hail, but later called back when he found pieces that were the size of half dollars.
July 2013HailPaul Spur-Penny size hail was reported west of Pirtleville.
August 2018HailPaul Spur-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cochise 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
Forrest0.4 miles22
Calumet6.8 miles23
Double Adobe7.3 miles23
Bisbee Junction8.1 miles22
Corta Junction8.2 miles24
Warren8.2 miles24
Bakerville9.0 miles24
Saginaw9.0 miles24

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Paul SpurAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28454838The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 9264. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.