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Rocky Junction, Arizona

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the San Carlos census division. It stands on Alpine Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bronco Gulch quadrangle.

Rocky Junction within Gila County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

31 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Rocky Junction between 1993 and 2020, burning about 60,982 acres in total. 28 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
Natural28
Arson/incendiarism2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
1 September 2016Natural2.0 acresSan Carlos AgencyBLUE RIVER
8 August 1998Natural300 acresSan Carlos Agency1002
7 August 1998Natural2,500 acresSan Carlos AgencyBLUE RIVER
5 August 2019Natural285 acresSan Carlos AgencyRATTLE
5 August 1993Natural3.5 acresSan Carlos AgencyBLUE RIVER
31 August 2009Natural6.1 acresSan Carlos AgencyDEHORN RANCH
21 August 2005Natural2,500 acresSan Carlos AgencyROCKY TANK
10 August 1998Natural300 acresSan Carlos AgencyROCKYGULCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gila County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Rocky Junction: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Asbestos, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Nitrogen-Nitrates. 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
San Carlos River DepositPhosphorus-Phosphates, Nitrogen-NitratesPast ProducerUnderground
Prospect West of Blue RiverAsbestosProspect
Unnamed Asbestos ProspectAsbestosOccurrenceVein

Every working recorded in Gila 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
Dehorn5.0 miles11
Bear Canyon Junction8.7 miles12
Sawmill12.5 miles12
San Carlos14.2 miles12
Peridot15.9 miles12
Black River Crossing16.4 miles13
Tucker22.1 miles15
Cutter23.1 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24587. 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.