Rio Verde Estates, Arizona
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Tonto National Forest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85263. It lies near Malpais Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Fort McDowell quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 26 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.
- 1904 USGS Ft. McDowell quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Ft. McDowell quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1930 USGS Cave Creek quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Cave Creek quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Fort McDowell quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1964 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Fort McDowell quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Theodore Roosevelt Lake quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 2004 USGS Fort McDowell quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
91 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Rio Verde Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,589 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 13 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 | 36 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | not named |
| 23 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Salt River Agency | LONG |
| 20 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | VERDE |
| 2 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Tonto National Forest | MIDWAY |
| 2 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | FIREWORKS |
| 16 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | not named |
| 16 September 1993 | Smoking | 2.5 acres | Tonto National Forest | not named |
| 15 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | NEEDLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Rio Verde Estates: 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Happy Group | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Happy Group | Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | ||
| Mcdowell Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Mcdowell Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rio Verde | 0.1 miles | 26 | |
| Fort McDowell | 6.0 miles | 26 | |
| Fountain Hills | 8.0 miles | 25 | |
| Fountain View | 8.5 miles | 25 | |
| Reata Pass | 9.0 miles | 29 | |
| Troon | 9.4 miles | 29 | |
| Desert Highlands | 9.8 miles | 29 | |
| Pinnacle Peak Heights IV | 10.2 miles | 29 |
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 Q122548938 | The 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 2044203. 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.












