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Redington, Arizona

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Tucson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85602. It lies near Redfield Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Redington quadrangle. It stands 2,881 feet above sea level.

Redington within Pima County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

7 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Redington between 1994 and 2007, burning about 462 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined4
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
2 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined420 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
12 June 1994Naturalunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
27 April 2005Naturalunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeBINGHAM
14 April 1996Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSan Carlos AgencyJONES
16 October 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGila District OfficeRIVER ROAD
30 January 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeREDDINGTON
29 January 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficePASS

Every fire recorded in Pima County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Redington: 7 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Geothermal, Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver. 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
Lucky Strike ClaimsLead, Copper, Gold, SilverProspect
San Pedro-Cobre GroupCopperOccurrence
UnknownGeothermalOccurrence
UnknownGeothermalOccurrence
Christmas ClaimsUraniumOccurrence
Christmas ClaimsUraniumOccurrence
Frustrated GroupUraniumUnknown
Half Moon #3 ProspectUraniumOccurrenceUnconsolidated Sediments
Half Moon No 3UraniumOccurrence
Hot Pants No 1 GroupUraniumUnknown

Every working recorded in Pima County

Storms near this place

2 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Redington in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2022: 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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
August 2012Flash FloodRedington$5,000Heavy rain from numerous thunderstorms caused several roads to be closed due to flash flooding across the Tucson metropolitan area, including Snyder Road near the Ventana Wash, Redington Road, West Valencia Road and the Stone Avenue underpass. Three vehicles became stranded in flood waters near Pima and Country Club Roads.
July 2022HailRedington-no account filed

Every storm 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
Willow Canyon11.2 miles24
Whitetail12.7 miles24
Soldier Camp13.1 miles24
Loma Linda14.0 miles23
Summerhaven14.2 miles23
Tanque Verde17.7 miles24
Indian Ridge Estates22.0 miles27
Skyline Bel Aire Estates22.3 miles26

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.

Wikipedia article on RedingtonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7305950The 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 10181. 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.