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Rancho Hermoso, Arizona

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Phoenix census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85008. The Survey maps it on the Phoenix quadrangle.

Rancho Hermoso within Maricopa County

On record in Rancho Hermoso

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 2 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 26 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

2,415 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,415 fires within 5 miles of Rancho Hermoso between 2009 and 2020, burning about 238 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 50 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/undetermined2331
Arson/incendiarism50
Natural25
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Debris and open burning1

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 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-101904
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department334484
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department333916
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department333482
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-111666
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTempe Fire Department1820633
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department331861

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maricopa 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 Rancho Hermoso: 5 producers, 4 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 plant. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Mercury. 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
Gold Bond Building Products Div.Gypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Sealrock GroupMercury, Mica, KyaniteUnknown
Phoenix BrickyardClayPlant
Tolleson Clay PitClayProducer
Arizona S&R, Main PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel
Union Rock & Materials, S. CentralSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Union Rock, 24th Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working 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
Hyde Park Lodge1.2 miles23
Tovrea2.1 miles23
Minnesota Court2.3 miles23
Papago Peaks Village2.4 miles23
Bronze Boot2.6 miles26
Phoenix3.4 miles26
Biltmore Villas3.8 miles18
Village on the Lakes4.0 miles18

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 Q122546918The 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 25040. 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.