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Pozo, Arizona

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Chandler census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85286. The Survey maps it on the Chandler quadrangle.

Pozo within Maricopa County

On record in Pozo

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

598 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 598 fires within 5 miles of Pozo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,305 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined584
Arson/incendiarism5
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

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
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChandler Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office153942
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-111932
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChandler Fire Department332401
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChandler Fire Department333144
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office153941
7 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-141255

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maricopa 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
Rancho de Chandler1.4 miles20
The Haciendas1.5 miles20
Hamilton Corner2.0 miles20
Chandler2.0 miles20
Ocotillo2.5 miles20
Colonial Coronita3.0 miles20
Serape3.1 miles20
The Home Place3.3 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 9741. 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.