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Picture Rocks, Arizona

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Marana census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85743. The Survey maps it on the Avra quadrangle. 9,551 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,080 feet above sea level.

Picture Rocks within Pima County

Population over time

2 figures

Picture Rocks fell from 9,563 to 9,551 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20109,563
20209,551-12 (-0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 19 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

51 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Picture Rocks between 1992 and 2020, burning about 170 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined36
Natural5
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
20 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
18 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
15 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAvra Valley Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
11 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Fire Rescue Districtnot named
3 August 1994Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
26 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAvra Valley Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
20 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAvra Valley Fire Districtnot named
19 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAvra Valley Fire DistrictNOT NAMED

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pima County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Picture Rocks: 4 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Geothermal, Copper, Silver, Vanadium, Lead. 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
BomboyCopper, Silver, Vanadium, LeadPast Producer
Rillito MineClay, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
Twin Hill ProspectLead, Silver, ZincProspect
Twin Peaks QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Cement RockProducerSedimentary
Twin Peaks QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownGeothermalOccurrence
Busterville MineCopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Malachite
Unnamed Prospect 121-3CopperOccurrenceMalachite
Unnamed Prospect 145-1CopperOccurrence
Unnamed Prospect 145-2CopperOccurrence

Every working recorded in Pima 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
Avra1.9 miles19
Nelson5.9 miles16
Marana6.4 miles20
Rillito6.7 miles20
Avra Valley7.3 miles16
Cortaro8.4 miles20
Dobson9.1 miles16
Kino9.8 miles20

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 Picture RocksAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1890767The 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 1866990. 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.