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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.

Rankin within Pima County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 27 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

940 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined895
Arson/incendiarism15
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTucson Fire Department1862482
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTucson Fire Departmentnot named
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTucson Fire Department1861728
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTucson Fire Department1861641
30 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
30 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTucson Fire Department1867671
3 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTucson Fire Department1861205
29 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTucson Fire Department1867553

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pima County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Crushing,Screening & Bagging PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownGeothermalOccurrence
UnknownGeothermalOccurrence
Acme PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Drexel Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mccann PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pantano PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Plant 23Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Pima 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
Wilmot1.5 miles25
Littletown2.0 miles27
Vandenberg Village3.0 miles27
Civano3.6 miles27
Rolling Hills Country Club Estates4.3 miles27
Craycroft4.8 miles25
Polvo4.8 miles25
Esmond5.2 miles25

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 Q28912649The 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.