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.
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 Benson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Fort Huachuca quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1996 USGS Benson quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
75 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 50 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | EXIT 306 |
| 27 September 1992 | Smoking | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 20 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 13 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 9 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | SKYLINE |
| 7 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mescal-J6 Fire District | not named |
| 29 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | POST |
| 17 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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
10 of 12 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy Boy Group | Barium-Barite | Prospect | ||
| Land | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | ||
| Pit No.1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pomerene Mill | Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Benson Clay Deposit | Gypsum-Anhydrite, Bentonite | Occurrence | ||
| Benson Deposit | Gypsum-Anhydrite, Bentonite | Occurrence | Bentonite, Gypsum, Selenite | |
| Unknown | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2013Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Pomerene | 2 hurt | One 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 2018 | Heavy Rain | Pomerene | $15,000 | A 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 2013 | Flash Flood | Pomerene | $2,000 | Heavy 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 2025 | Flash Flood | Pomerene | $1,000 | Slow 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 2024 | Tornado (EFU) | Pomerene | - | Storm chaser live streamed video of tornado in the distance. Location estimated by radar. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benson | 2.2 miles | 21 | |
| Fenner | 3.6 miles | 21 | |
| Chamiso | 3.7 miles | 21 | |
| Saint David | 7.6 miles | 21 | |
| Mescal | 7.9 miles | 21 | |
| Curtiss | 8.5 miles | 21 | |
| Tully | 8.7 miles | 21 | |
| Escalante Crossing | 10.4 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 Pomerene | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7227277 | 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 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.









