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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.

Pearce within Cochise County

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

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

35 since 1994

Regional 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/undetermined16
Natural7
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1

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
31 August 2011Naturalunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office6 MILE HILL
26 August 2000Natural1.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeUNREST
23 July 2005Naturalunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeLONGHORN
1 July 2006Natural3.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeMARCH
6 June 2003Naturalunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeMARCH
28 June 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
12 June 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
10 June 2009Natural4.2 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeLEMARCHE

Every fire recorded in Cochise County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cochise County Mn DepositsManganesePast Producer1900
Commonwealth Extension MineSilver, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Commonwealth MineSilica, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum, Copper, Lead, VanadiumPast Producer1895, 1979
Commonwealth MineGold, Silver, Lead, MolybdenumProducer1895
Copper-GoldCopper, Silver, GoldProspect
Elanna ClaimsUraniumUnknown
Fluorine Hill MineSilver, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Uranium, CopperPast ProducerFluorite, Gold, Silver
Fluorine Hill MineSilver, Gold, Copper, Uranium, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Little Mary MineCopper, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Little Mary MineCopper, Gold, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cochise County

Storms near this place

9 since 1997

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2020Dust DevilPearce$1,000A 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 2004Thunderstorm WindPearce$1,000Power pole knocked down in Sunizona.
July 2022HailPearce-One inch diameter hail combined with wind gusts to 50 mph damaged sunflower crops north of Pearce.
July 2021Flash FloodPearce-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 2009Thunderstorm WindPearce-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 2008Flash FloodPearce-Flooding reported across Highway 191 with 2.5 inches of rainfall in one hour.
June 2000HailPearce-Ground is covered with hail .5 to 1 inch in diameter.
June 1997HailPearce-A severe thunderstorm dropped 3/4 inch hail.
October 2015HailPearce-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
Black Diamond6.2 miles19
Arizona Sun Sites7.4 miles18
Sunizona9.0 miles19
Courtland9.3 miles18
Grizzles Orchard11.1 miles19
Kansas Settlement11.5 miles16
Gleeson11.8 miles21
Manzoro12.5 miles17

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 Q141221919The 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.