Peoria Polynesian Village, Arizona
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Phoenix census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85345. The Survey maps it on the El Mirage quadrangle.
On record in Peoria Polynesian Village
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 within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Peoria High School Old Mainlisted 2018 · 0.9 miles away
Central Schoollisted 1982 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1954 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS El Mirage quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS El Mirage quadrangle1:24000
- 1971 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS Phoenix North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
762 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 762 fires within 5 miles of Peoria Polynesian Village between 1992 and 2020, burning about 127 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 18 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 | 726 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AZ-110821 |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | 154088 |
| 7 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AZ-101204 |
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | El Mirage Fire Department | NOT NAMED |
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sun City Fire Department | NOT NAMED |
| 6 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AZ-133152 |
| 4 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | El Mirage Fire Department | 3065 |
| 30 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sun City Fire Department | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Peoria Polynesian Village: 5 producers, 3 past producers, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Halite, Mica, Salt. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agua Fria Pit Sun Valley Crushing | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Alonzo Elder Muscovite #1 | Mica | Producer | ||
| Southwest Mine & Mill | Salt | Producer | ||
| Unidentified Halite Occurrence | Halite | Past Producer | Halite | |
| Arizona Sand & Rock, Agua Fria Plan | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Sand and Gravel Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sand and Gravel | |
| Union Rock & Materials, El Mirage | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| United Metro Pit & Plant #2 Glendal | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Casa del Sol Resorts Number One | 0.2 miles | 19 | |
| Villa Vista | 0.4 miles | 19 | |
| Sunset Village | 0.6 miles | 19 | |
| Peoria Estates | 0.8 miles | 20 | |
| Peoria | 0.9 miles | 20 | |
| Sun City | 1.3 miles | 19 | |
| Westgreen Estates | 1.3 miles | 19 | |
| Windmill | 1.6 miles | 20 |
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 Q122565086 | 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 25007. 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.








