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Paulcell Place, Arizona

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Puerco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86502. The Survey maps it on the Adamana quadrangle.

Paulcell Place within Apache County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

7 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Paulcell Place between 2001 and 2019, burning about 14 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
10 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeCARRIZO
1 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresPuerco Valley Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
27 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePuerco Valley Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
23 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northeast DistrictADAMANA
8 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northeast DistrictWASHBOARD
7 March 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePetrified Forest National ParkTRUCK FIRE
25 January 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePetrified Forest National ParkTIRE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Apache County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Paulcell Place: 3 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Helium, Halite, Uranium, Vanadium. 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
Kern County Land Company Drill HoleHelium, Halite, Gypsum-Anhydrite, PotassiumOccurrence1964
Ruth DepositUranium, VanadiumOccurrenceReplacement
Unidentified Halite OccurrenceHaliteOccurrenceHalite
Franklin,Aston & Fair C-1 NmaHeliumPast Producer
Franklin,Aston & Fair C-1 NmaHeliumPast Producer
Curry Jones ProspectUraniumProspect
Little John & RuthUraniumPast Producer
Tract No1UraniumProspect
Uranium DepositsUraniumUnknown

Every working recorded in Apache 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
Adamana1.0 miles18
Pinta13.3 miles15
Milky Ranch13.7 miles16
Potter Place13.8 miles16
Navajo18.9 miles15
Tanner Springs23.7 miles15
Chambers26.0 miles15
Hunt26.5 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24554. 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.