Rankin, Arizona
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Tucson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85756. The Survey maps it on the Tucson East quadrangle. It stands 2,785 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 27 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.
- 1904 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:125000
- 1905 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Tucson East quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Tucson East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Tucson East quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Tucson East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
940 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 940 fires within 5 miles of Rankin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 134 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 15 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 | 895 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tucson Fire Department | 1862482 |
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tucson Fire Department | not named |
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tucson Fire Department | 1861728 |
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tucson Fire Department | 1861641 |
| 30 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 30 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tucson Fire Department | 1867671 |
| 3 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tucson Fire Department | 1861205 |
| 29 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tucson Fire Department | 1867553 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Rankin: 6 producers, 2 occurrences. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crushing,Screening & Bagging Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Acme Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Drexel Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mccann Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pantano Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Plant 23 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilmot | 1.5 miles | 25 | |
| Littletown | 2.0 miles | 27 | |
| Vandenberg Village | 3.0 miles | 27 | |
| Civano | 3.6 miles | 27 | |
| Rolling Hills Country Club Estates | 4.3 miles | 27 | |
| Craycroft | 4.8 miles | 25 | |
| Polvo | 4.8 miles | 25 | |
| Esmond | 5.2 miles | 25 |
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 Q28912649 | 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 24574. 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.













