Pearce, Arizona
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Elfrida census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85625. It stands on Pearce Hill. The Survey maps it on the Pearce quadrangle.
On record in Pearce
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Our Lady of Victory Catholic Churchlisted 2004
Pearce General Storelisted 1978
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1916 USGS Pearce quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1926 USGS Courtland quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Pearce quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Pearce quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Chiricahua Peak quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Pearce quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
35 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Pearce between 1994 and 2020, burning about 129 acres in total. 7 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 | 16 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | 6 MILE HILL |
| 26 August 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | UNREST |
| 23 July 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | LONGHORN |
| 1 July 2006 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | MARCH |
| 6 June 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | MARCH |
| 28 June 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 12 June 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 10 June 2009 | Natural | 4.2 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | LEMARCHE |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Pearce: 12 past producers, 9 producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Geothermal, Gold, Silver, Copper, Silver, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cochise County Mn Deposits | Manganese | Past Producer | 1900 | |
| Commonwealth Extension Mine | Silver, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Commonwealth Mine | Silica, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum, Copper, Lead, Vanadium | Past Producer | 1895, 1979 | |
| Commonwealth Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Molybdenum | Producer | 1895 | |
| Copper-Gold | Copper, Silver, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Elanna Claims | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Fluorine Hill Mine | Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Uranium, Copper | Past Producer | Fluorite, Gold, Silver | |
| Fluorine Hill Mine | Silver, Gold, Copper, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Little Mary Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Little Mary Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pearce in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 dust devil. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Dust Devil | Pearce | $1,000 | A dust devil damaged a corrugated metal awning and a satellite dish that was mounted to the awning at a residence in the community of Sunsites. |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pearce | $1,000 | Power pole knocked down in Sunizona. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Pearce | - | One inch diameter hail combined with wind gusts to 50 mph damaged sunflower crops north of Pearce. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Pearce | - | One to two inches of rain in less than 1 hour in the Sunsites area caused flash flooding and the closure of Birch Rd. near Highway 191. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pearce | - | Severe thunderstorm outflow winds caused 1/4 mile visibility near the Willcox Playa due to blowing dust. The trained spotter measured a wind gust of 72 mph. |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Pearce | - | Flooding reported across Highway 191 with 2.5 inches of rainfall in one hour. |
| June 2000 | Hail | Pearce | - | Ground is covered with hail .5 to 1 inch in diameter. |
| June 1997 | Hail | Pearce | - | A severe thunderstorm dropped 3/4 inch hail. |
| October 2015 | Hail | Pearce | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Diamond | 6.2 miles | 19 | |
| Arizona Sun Sites | 7.4 miles | 18 | |
| Sunizona | 9.0 miles | 19 | |
| Courtland | 9.3 miles | 18 | |
| Grizzles Orchard | 11.1 miles | 19 | |
| Kansas Settlement | 11.5 miles | 16 | |
| Gleeson | 11.8 miles | 21 | |
| Manzoro | 12.5 miles | 17 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q141221919 | 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 9290. 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.









