BlockSahuarita Heights, Arizona
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Tucson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85629. The Survey maps it on the Sahuarita quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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
- 1926 USGS Helvetia quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Sahuarita quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Sahuarita quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Fort Huachuca quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
67 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Sahuarita Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 327 acres in total. 3 started naturally. None was 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 | 55 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 8 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 8 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast District | SAHURITA |
| 13 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Green Valley Fire District | NOT NAMED |
| 8 July 2002 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | SAHURITA |
| 3 July 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Green Valley Fire District | NOT NAMED |
| 7 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 7 June 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | BUTTES |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Sahuarita Heights: 2 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal, Copper, Tungsten, Copper, Lead, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle-Picher Mill Tailing Dump | Tungsten, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Twin Buttes Oxide Plant | Copper | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Sahuarita | 0.5 miles | 20 | |
| Sahuarita | 1.7 miles | 20 | |
| Duval | 2.1 miles | 20 | |
| Green Valley Pueblo Estates | 5.1 miles | 20 | |
| Continental | 7.2 miles | 20 | |
| Green Valley | 7.5 miles | 20 | |
| Twin Buttes | 7.9 miles | 21 | |
| Corona de Tucson | 8.0 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 37508. 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.