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Richville, Arizona

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the St. Johns census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85936. It stands on Vigil Run. The Survey maps it on the Lyman Lake quadrangle.

Richville within Apache County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

4 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Richville between 2003 and 2020, burning about 4 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle 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
5 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northeast DistrictWINSLOW APACHE
3 July 2003Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeSUBSTATION
15 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeWILTBANK
1 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeLYMAN LAKE

Every fire recorded in Apache 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 Richville: 4 past producers, 4 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Volcanic Materials, Pumice. 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
Carnero Creek Cinder DepositVolcanic MaterialsPast Producer
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitsPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitsPumiceUnknown
Hiway Hill Cinder DepositVolcanic MaterialsPast Producer
Kidney Mountain Cinder DepositVolcanic MaterialsPast Producer
Springerville Cinder DepositVolcanic MaterialsPast Producer

Every working recorded in Apache 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
El Tule6.8 miles17
Green Spot7.1 miles18
Salado10.6 miles17
Springerville11.2 miles18
Eagar12.5 miles18
Saint Johns15.2 miles16
Correjo Crossing15.6 miles17
Vernon18.0 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 25271. 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.