BlockPuertocito, Arizona
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Arivaca census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85633. It stands on Bailey Wash. The Survey maps it on the Wilbur Canyon quadrangle. It stands 3,442 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1920 USGS Arivaca quadrangle1:125000
- 1941 USGS Arivaca quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Arivaca quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Wilbur Canyon quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1994 USGS Sells quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Wilbur Canyon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
78 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Puertocito between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,042 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined | 28 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge | SLEEPY |
| 22 August 2015 | Natural | 58 acres | Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge | FOURTEEN FIRE |
| 16 August 2019 | Natural | 28 acres | Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge | MORA |
| 15 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge | TEQUILA |
| 4 July 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 26 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arivaca Volunteer Fire Department | not named |
| 25 July 1996 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge | WILBUR |
| 21 July 2016 | Natural | 1,624 acres | Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge | THREE HILLS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Puertocito: 1 producer, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moore Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver | Producer | 1967 | |
| Moore Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Shepard Mine | Gold, Copper | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Secundino | 6.5 miles | 16 | |
| Las Guijas | 7.4 miles | 16 | |
| Sasabe | 8.7 miles | 12 | |
| Sapano Vaya | 8.8 miles | 17 | |
| Arivaca | 9.1 miles | 17 | |
| Kom Kug | 9.2 miles | 17 | |
| Sandwash Mill | 9.8 miles | 20 | |
| Buenos Aires | 10.5 miles | 17 |
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 Q28912620 | 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 33221. 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.