Pimaco Two, Arizona
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Tucson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85602. The Survey maps it on the Mescal quadrangle. 682 people lived here at the 2010 count. It stands 4,094 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1915 USGS Benson quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1926 USGS Whetstone quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Benson quadrangle1:125000
- 1956 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Benson quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Mescal quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Fort Huachuca quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1996 USGS Mescal quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
220 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 220 fires within 5 miles of Pimaco Two between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,108 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 8 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 | 141 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Smoking | 23 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mescal-J6 Fire District | not named |
| 8 September 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | TRES ALAMOS |
| 7 September 2009 | Natural | 29 acres | Coronado National Forest | TWIN BUTTES |
| 7 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 6 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | CORNFIELD |
| 27 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | BELL |
| 23 September 1992 | Smoking | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Pimaco Two: 3 prospects, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little David Claims | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Working | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Working | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Working | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Working | Uranium | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pantano | 7.6 miles | 20 | |
| Harrington Place | 8.1 miles | 24 | |
| Mountain View | 12.7 miles | 23 | |
| New Tucson | 13.5 miles | 21 | |
| Vail | 15.3 miles | 23 | |
| Rosemont Junction | 16.9 miles | 21 | |
| Corona de Tucson | 17.2 miles | 21 | |
| Rosemont Camp | 17.3 miles | 21 |
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 Pimaco Two | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28408 | 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 45015. 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.









