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Pomerene, Arizona

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Benson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85602. It stands on Cadillac Wash. The Survey maps it on the Benson quadrangle. It stands 3,543 feet above sea level.

Pomerene within Cochise County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

75 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Pomerene between 1992 and 2020, burning about 118 acres in total. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined50
Debris and open burning6
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
4 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeEXIT 306
27 September 1992Smokingunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
20 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
13 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
9 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeSKYLINE
7 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMescal-J6 Fire Districtnot named
29 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficePOST
17 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cochise County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Pomerene: 7 producers, 3 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Geothermal, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Bentonite, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Heavy Boy GroupBarium-BariteProspect
LandGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
Pit No.1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pomerene MillTungstenPast Producer
Benson Clay DepositGypsum-Anhydrite, BentoniteOccurrence
Benson DepositGypsum-Anhydrite, BentoniteOccurrenceBentonite, Gypsum, Selenite
UnknownGeothermalProducer
UnknownGeothermalProducer
UnknownGeothermalProducer
UnknownGeothermalProducer

Every working recorded in Cochise County

Storms near this place

5 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pomerene in 5 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 3 flash flood, 1 heavy rain, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2021Flash FloodPomerene2 hurtOne to three inches of rain in 90 minutes in the Cornfield Canyon watershed caused flash flooding. As two females, who had exited their vehicle, were viewing the stream at Ocatillo Road, an additional rise in water levels swept them downstream. One was rescued about three quarters of a mile away while the other was finally located in the San Pedro River the next morning. Both sustained minor injuries.
July 2018Heavy RainPomerene$15,000A driver lost control of her vehicle on I-10 east of Benson due to heavy rain and wet roads and hydroplaned into a palo verde tree.
July 2013Flash FloodPomerene$2,000Heavy rain caused Ocotillo Road northwest of Benson to become flooded. A motorist was rescued from a vehicle in flowing water 2 feet deep. Roads were also flooded in the Mescal area.
July 2025Flash FloodPomerene$1,000Slow moving thunderstorms formed over Benson, AZ that produced heavy rainfall that led to flash flooding. Over the 2 hours that rainfall fell, two rainfall gauges reported 1.10-1.25 inches of rainfall. A section of Pomerene Road had roadway flooding.
August 2024Tornado (EFU)Pomerene-Storm chaser live streamed video of tornado in the distance. Location estimated by radar.

Every storm recorded in Cochise 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
Benson2.2 miles21
Fenner3.6 miles21
Chamiso3.7 miles21
Saint David7.6 miles21
Mescal7.9 miles21
Curtiss8.5 miles21
Tully8.7 miles21
Escalante Crossing10.4 miles21

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 PomereneAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7227277The 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 9631. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.