BlockPoint of Pines, Arizona
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the San Carlos census division. The Survey maps it on the Point of Pines West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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 Clifton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Point of Pines West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
148 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Point of Pines between 1992 and 2016, burning about 46,260 acres in total. 129 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 129 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | San Carlos Agency | SKULL |
| 5 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | San Carlos Agency | UPPER CLOVER |
| 4 September 2003 | Natural | 2.0 acres | San Carlos Agency | IDT 2 |
| 3 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | San Carlos Agency | TURKEY CREEK II |
| 3 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Carlos Agency | JAMER |
| 25 September 2012 | Natural | 7,092 acres | San Carlos Agency | SHORTEN |
| 14 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | San Carlos Agency | EAGLE JCT. |
| 1 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | San Carlos Agency | RIDGE TOP |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emery | 24.8 miles | 13 | |
| Geronimo | 25.0 miles | 13 | |
| Bylas | 25.2 miles | 13 | |
| Fort Thomas | 25.4 miles | 11 | |
| Calva | 26.4 miles | 13 | |
| Indian Hot Springs | 26.6 miles | 11 | |
| Ashurst | 28.0 miles | 11 | |
| Eden | 28.9 miles | 11 |
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 Q141221917 | 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 9596. 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.