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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.

Red Rock within Pinal County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

133 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined74
Smoking19
Debris and open burning11
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism2
Firearms and explosives use1

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
7 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
30 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
27 September 1996Smokingunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
24 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast DistrictNONA ROAD
20 September 1996Smokingunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
2 September 1996Smokingunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
19 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
18 September 1995Debris and open burning20 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pinal County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel

Every working recorded in Pinal County

Storms near this place

8 since 1997

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2021FloodRed Rock$500,000Heavy 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 2021Flash FloodRed Rock$50,000Early 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 2025Thunderstorm WindRed Rock$5,000Thunderstorm wind damaged power equipment causing a power outage to 1253 customers for an unknown duration of time.
September 2011Flash FloodRed Rock$5,000Heavy 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 2025Flash FloodRed Rock$1,000Social 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 2014Flash FloodRed Rock-Water flowed over a foot deep over the Frontage Road at Interstate 10 near Red Rock.
August 1997HailRed Rock-no account filed
August 1997Thunderstorm WindRed Rock-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pinal 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
Avra2.0 miles20
Nariska5.9 miles20
Wymola7.0 miles19
Friendly Corners12.3 miles19
Picacho13.2 miles19
Laguna16.1 miles19
Eloy17.4 miles19
Oracle Junction20.8 miles21

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.