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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 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.
- 1914 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1916 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:125000
- 1919 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:125000
- 1925 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:62500
- 1933 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Paul Spur quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
52 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 21 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | CRAZY CLOWN |
| 5 August 2002 | Natural | 10 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | BORDER |
| 16 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | RAINY |
| 9 July 2017 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Gila District Office | GREY FACE |
| 19 July 2004 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | PIRTLE |
| 17 July 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | SPUR |
| 16 July 1994 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas Quarry | Marble, Dimension, Limestone, High Calcium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension | Producer | 1965 | |
| Glance Mine | Copper, Vanadium, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | Unknown | |
| No. 1 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Paul Lime Quarry | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Unidentified Silica | Silica | Past Producer | Quartzite | |
| Warren Basin Leasing and Devel Co | Lead, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Bisbee Se No. 1 | Limestone, General | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Marguette & Arizona Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | Psilomelane | |
| Marquette-Arizona Grp.Bisbee Dis | Manganese | Past Producer | 1954 | |
| Paul Lime Plant | Limestone, General | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2013Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paul Spur | - | A severe thunderstorm resulted in a wind gust of 63 mph at Cochise College Airport. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paul Spur | - | Mesonet station at Cochise College airport recorded a wind gust of 58 mph. |
| August 2014 | Hail | Paul Spur | - | Spotter originally found quarter size hail, but later called back when he found pieces that were the size of half dollars. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Paul Spur | - | Penny size hail was reported west of Pirtleville. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Paul Spur | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forrest | 0.4 miles | 22 | |
| Calumet | 6.8 miles | 23 | |
| Double Adobe | 7.3 miles | 23 | |
| Bisbee Junction | 8.1 miles | 22 | |
| Corta Junction | 8.2 miles | 24 | |
| Warren | 8.2 miles | 24 | |
| Bakerville | 9.0 miles | 24 | |
| Saginaw | 9.0 miles | 24 |
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 Spur | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28454838 | The 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.











