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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.

Rosemont Junction within Pima County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

90 since 1993

Regional 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/undetermined35
Natural17
Recreation and ceremony16
Arson/incendiarism11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1

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
6 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoronado National ForestBECKY
10 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeEMPIRE GULCH
25 August 2017Naturalunder an acreCoronado National ForestDAVIDSON CANYON
20 August 2015Natural1,957 acresCoronado National ForestOJO BLANCO
13 August 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
25 July 2014Naturalunder an acreCoronado National ForestGREATERVILLE
25 July 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoronado National ForestLISA
24 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pima County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 112 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Andrada MineSilver, Gold, LeadUnknown
Arrastra MineGold, Lead, Silver, CopperPast Producer1895, 1932
Blue Jay MineSilver, Gold, Lead, Copper, TungstenPast Producer1881
Blue Jay-Good Friday MinesGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, TungstenProducer1881
Broad Top MineCopper, Silver, Gold, Tungsten, MolybdenumPast Producer1956, 1959
Christenson-Lane GroupTungsten, Uranium, Copper, LeadProspect
Copper World MineCopper, Silver, Gold, Tungsten, Molybdenum, WollastonitePast Producer1900
Daylight MineLead, Copper, Zinc, Silver, GoldProducer1943, 1951
East Helvetia DepositCopper Oxide, Copper Sulfide, MolybdenumPast Producer1875, 1959, 1961
Eclipse GroupCopper, Silver, Lead, Gold, Molybdenum, ZincPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite

Every working 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
Rosemont Camp0.6 miles21
Helvetia3.4 miles21
Greaterville4.9 miles21
Corona de Tucson9.3 miles21
New Tucson10.0 miles21
Mountain View11.9 miles23
East Sahuarita12.8 miles20
Continental12.9 miles20

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.