Rosemont Junction, Arizona
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Tucson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85641. It lies near Wasp Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Empire Ranch quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 21 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 Patagonia quadrangle1:125000
- 1905 USGS Patagonia quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Empire Mountains quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Empire Ranch quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1994 USGS Fort Huachuca quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1996 USGS Empire Ranch quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
90 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Rosemont Junction between 1993 and 2020, burning about 9,108 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 11 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 | 35 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | BECKY |
| 10 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | EMPIRE GULCH |
| 25 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | DAVIDSON CANYON |
| 20 August 2015 | Natural | 1,957 acres | Coronado National Forest | OJO BLANCO |
| 13 August 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 25 July 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | GREATERVILLE |
| 25 July 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | LISA |
| 24 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 112 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 112 workings within 5 miles of Rosemont Junction: 82 past producers, 13 occurrences, 9 producers, 6 unknowns. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Copper, Silver, Silver, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrada Mine | Silver, Gold, Lead | Unknown | ||
| Arrastra Mine | Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | 1895, 1932 | |
| Blue Jay Mine | Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Tungsten | Past Producer | 1881 | |
| Blue Jay-Good Friday Mines | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Tungsten | Producer | 1881 | |
| Broad Top Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Tungsten, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1956, 1959 | |
| Christenson-Lane Group | Tungsten, Uranium, Copper, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Copper World Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Tungsten, Molybdenum, Wollastonite | Past Producer | 1900 | |
| Daylight Mine | Lead, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Gold | Producer | 1943, 1951 | |
| East Helvetia Deposit | Copper Oxide, Copper Sulfide, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1875, 1959, 1961 | |
| Eclipse Group | Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold, Molybdenum, Zinc | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosemont Camp | 0.6 miles | 21 | |
| Helvetia | 3.4 miles | 21 | |
| Greaterville | 4.9 miles | 21 | |
| Corona de Tucson | 9.3 miles | 21 | |
| New Tucson | 10.0 miles | 21 | |
| Mountain View | 11.9 miles | 23 | |
| East Sahuarita | 12.8 miles | 20 | |
| Continental | 12.9 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 37496. 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.








