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Ruby, Arizona

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Nogales census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85621. It stands on Ruby Peak. The Survey maps it on the Ruby quadrangle. It stands 4,186 feet above sea level.

Ruby within Santa Cruz County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

64 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Ruby between 1994 and 2020, burning about 21,981 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined31
Natural15
Recreation and ceremony11
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
28 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeORO BLANCO
4 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCoronado National ForestARIVACA
30 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
3 August 2011Natural22 acresCoronado National ForestJAKIE
29 August 2015Natural15 acresCoronado National ForestAUSTERLITZ
25 August 2011Natural40 acresCoronado National ForestDIVOT
23 August 2016Recreation and ceremony25 acresCoronado National ForestSAUCITO FIRE
22 August 1995Natural3.2 acresBuenos Aires National Wildlife RefugeMONTANA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Cruz County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 94 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 94 workings within 5 miles of Ruby: 56 past producers, 22 prospects, 11 occurrences, 4 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gold, 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
Annie LaurieLead, Uranium, Copper, ZincProspect1948
Annie Laurie ProspectLead, Zinc, Manganese, Copper, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, TravertineOccurrence1948
Arizona Blue Fire OpalSemiprecious GemstoneProducer
Big Lode MineGold, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Black Copper QueenCopper, Silver, Bismuth, Gold, Indium, ZincProspect
Choctaw MineLead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold, BismuthPast Producer1893
Choctaw MineZinc, Gold, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Commodore MineSilver, Gold, Lead, Copper, ZincPast Producer1875, 1934
Cramer MineGold, Silver, Copper, Iron, ManganesePast ProducerGold, Iron, Silver
Franklin DepositCopper, Lead, Silver, GoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Santa Cruz 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
Old Glory2.0 miles21
Partridge (historical)2.4 miles21
Oro Blanco3.3 miles21
Casa Piedra5.0 miles21
Tumacacori12.3 miles20
Otero12.7 miles20
Carmen13.1 miles20
Rio Rico13.9 miles20

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.

Wikipedia article on RubyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7376229The 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 33856. 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.