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Sacaton Flats, Arizona

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Gila River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85147. It stands on McClellan Wash. The Survey maps it on the Sacaton quadrangle.

Sacaton Flats within Pinal County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

935 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 935 fires within 5 miles of Sacaton Flats between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,524 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 84 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/undetermined604
Debris and open burning190
Arson/incendiarism84
Misuse of fire by a minor26
Equipment and vehicle use14
Smoking4
Fireworks4
Other causes3
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePima AgencyGRANDE
9 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeCONLEY
8 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePima AgencyFOUR LAW
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePima AgencyCOTTON
6 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePima AgencyCHARLEY
5 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePima AgencyW. PIMA
5 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acrePima Agency#7SEEDFARM
30 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePima AgencyCOMMUNITY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pinal County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Sacaton Flats: 8 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Corundum. 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
Sacaton MountainsCorundum, Titanium, MetalOccurrenceVein
Stone QuarryStonePast Producer
Wedge GroupGold, CopperProspect
Blackwater CopperCopperPast Producer
Mineral Butte Group Block IiCopperProspect
North Bank - Gila RiverStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrenceSedimentary
OlbergStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerBasalt, Granite
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Cottonwood1.7 miles18
Olberg1.8 miles18
Sacaton3.8 miles18
South Santan5.3 miles18
Blackwater5.3 miles17
Borree Corner8.8 miles21
Stotonic9.2 miles20
Burns9.6 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24593. 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.