Rancho Del Escondido, Arizona
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Tonto Basin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85553. It stands on Park Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tonto Basin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 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.
- 1907 USGS Roosevelt quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Four Peaks quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Roosevelt quadrangle1:125000
- 1912 USGS Roosevelt quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Tonto Basin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Theodore Roosevelt Lake quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 2004 USGS Tonto Basin quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
114 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Rancho Del Escondido between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,072 acres in total. 50 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 50 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | BAR X |
| 24 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Tonto National Forest | HAPPY |
| 21 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | BAY |
| 19 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | PUNKIN |
| 18 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | CRAWFORD |
| 14 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | LANN |
| 12 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | WALNUT |
| 1 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | HARDI |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Rancho Del Escondido: 3 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 producers, 2 occurrences. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Clay, Zeolites, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kathy Claims | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Sun Valley Crushing Co Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Tonto Basin Chabazite Deposit | Zeolites | Occurrence | Chabazite | |
| Clay Deposit | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Packard | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1938 | |
| Packard Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1938 | |
| Tonto Mining & Milling | Fluorine-Fluorite | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Punkin Center | 1.1 miles | 22 | |
| Roosevelt Lake Gardens West | 1.3 miles | 22 | |
| Riverside Acres | 1.6 miles | 22 | |
| Tonto Basin | 2.4 miles | 22 | |
| Roosevelt Lake Gardens East | 3.5 miles | 22 | |
| Jakes Corner | 10.0 miles | 23 | |
| Coffeepot | 13.2 miles | 22 | |
| Government Hill | 15.3 miles | 22 |
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 Q122548306 | 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 41342. 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.











