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Sacate, Arizona

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Gila River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85339. The Survey maps it on the Pima Butte quadrangle.

Sacate within Pinal County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 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

117 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Sacate between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,680 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined66
Arson/incendiarism17
Debris and open burning15
Smoking6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony1
Firearms and explosives use1
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
19 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePima AgencyYELLOW
13 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePima AgencyHOOVER
12 September 1995Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresPima AgencyWOMAN
12 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePima AgencyPOWERLINE
9 August 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePima AgencyHOLLY #?!
27 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePima AgencySLEEPER
17 August 2005Naturalunder an acreKaibab National ForestSCHOLZ
17 August 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePima AgencyCUP-CAKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pinal County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Sacate: 3 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Feldspar, Quartz, Granite, Stone. 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
North Spur of Pima ButteMica, Feldspar, QuartzOccurrenceMuscovite
Pima Butte AreaGranite, StonePast ProducerGranite
North Spur of Pima ButteMicaProspect
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel

Every working recorded in Pinal 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
Maricopa Wells1.1 miles22
Santa Cruz5.7 miles22
Heaton7.4 miles22
Maricopa8.4 miles22
Snaketown8.5 miles19
Enid9.7 miles22
Ak Chin10.0 miles22
Ak-Chin Village10.3 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 25339. 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.