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Plantsite, Arizona

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Clifton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85540. It lies near Stargo Gulch (historical). The Survey maps it on the Clifton quadrangle.

Plantsite within Greenlee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

10 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Plantsite between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10 acres in total. 6 started naturally. None was 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
Natural6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
26 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGila District OfficeOLD SAFFORD
22 August 1992Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National Forestnot named
8 July 2005Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestMULLIGAN
7 July 2005Natural2.0 acresApache-Sitgreaves National ForestLIMESTONE
3 July 1995Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresGila District OfficeGUTHRIE MT
15 July 2003Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestWATER CANYON
13 July 2017Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestPEAK
2 June 2006Natural2.0 acresGila District OfficeTURTLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenlee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 66 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 66 workings within 5 miles of Plantsite: 33 producers, 20 past producers, 5 occurrences, 4 unknowns. 34 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Silver, Gold, 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
Aricana Mining CorpCopper, Gold, Silver, ZincUnknown
Arizona Central MineCopper, Zinc, IronProducer1870, 1882, 1920
Bell and Pinkard GroupSilver, Gold, Zinc, Lead, CopperProducer1949, 1951
Buzzard's Shadow MineGold, Copper, Silver, ManganeseProducer1901, 1904, 1915
Clifton Copper MinesGeothermalUnknown
Clifton Copper MinesCopper, Molybdenum, Gypsum-AnhydriteProducer1875, 1905, 1911
ColoradoCopper, Gold, Zinc, SilverPast Producer
Copper Mountain Kaolin OccurrenceKaolinOccurrenceKaolinite
Corporate and Climax ClaimsGold, ManganesePast Producer1932
Detroit MineCopper, Silver, Manganese, ZincPast Producer1884, 1932

Every working recorded in Greenlee 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
East Plantsite1.0 miles20
Stargo1.7 miles20
Clifton2.0 miles20
Morenci2.3 miles20
Metcalf (historical)4.4 miles20
Maques Place5.8 miles12
Aragon Place6.0 miles12
Guthrie8.7 miles12

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 Q122558760The 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 33055. 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.