Red Rock, Arizona
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Florence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85145. The Survey maps it on the Red Rock quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 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.
- 1934 USGS Newman Peak quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Red Rock quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Red Rock quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Red Rock quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Casa Grande quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1996 USGS Red Rock quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
133 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Red Rock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,715 acres in total. 2 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 | 74 |
| Smoking | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 30 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 27 September 1996 | Smoking | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 24 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast District | NONA ROAD |
| 20 September 1996 | Smoking | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 2 September 1996 | Smoking | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 19 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 18 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Red Rock: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sand and Gravel Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sand and Gravel | |
| Sand and Gravel Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sand and Gravel |
Storms near this place
8 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Red Rock in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 4 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Flood | Red Rock | $500,000 | Heavy rains upstream in the basin late July 22 into July 23, raised water levels in the Santa Cruz River and Greene Wash in Pinal County. Several roads were washed out where the Santa Cruz becomes multi-channeled from west of Pinal Airpark to southwest of Picacho. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Red Rock | $50,000 | Early morning rain of 1 to 1.5 on saturated ground caused flash flooding, closure and damage of Camino Adelante Rd between the Picacho Peak Interstate 10 interchange to Park Link Dr. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Rock | $5,000 | Thunderstorm wind damaged power equipment causing a power outage to 1253 customers for an unknown duration of time. |
| September 2011 | Flash Flood | Red Rock | $5,000 | Heavy rainfall resulted in flooded streets and washes near Red Rock. Two elderly women attempted to drive through the flooded intersection at Park Link Dr. and Pecan Rd. when their vehicle stalled. Avra Valley Fire Dept. responded and rescued the women and a dog with water up to the windows. |
| August 2025 | Flash Flood | Red Rock | $1,000 | Social media video of cars stuck in flooded waters on frontage road along Interstate-10 north of Red Rock. A nearby rain gauge reported 1.83 inches of rainfall fell in 24 hours. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Red Rock | - | Water flowed over a foot deep over the Frontage Road at Interstate 10 near Red Rock. |
| August 1997 | Hail | Red Rock | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Rock | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avra | 2.0 miles | 20 | |
| Nariska | 5.9 miles | 20 | |
| Wymola | 7.0 miles | 19 | |
| Friendly Corners | 12.3 miles | 19 | |
| Picacho | 13.2 miles | 19 | |
| Laguna | 16.1 miles | 19 | |
| Eloy | 17.4 miles | 19 | |
| Oracle Junction | 20.8 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24579. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.










