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Saint Johns Mission, Arizona

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the St. Johns census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85339. The Survey maps it on the Laveen quadrangle.

Saint Johns Mission within Maricopa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 26 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

1,042 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,042 fires within 5 miles of Saint Johns Mission between 1992 and 2020, burning about 15,974 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 131 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/undetermined615
Debris and open burning209
Arson/incendiarism131
Misuse of fire by a minor46
Equipment and vehicle use26
Smoking4
Fireworks4
Natural2
Other causes2
Recreation and ceremony2
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
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-132220
8 September 1992Debris and open burning3.0 acresPima AgencyH.SCHOOL
7 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePima AgencyVEE QUIVA
6 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePima AgencyBELTLINE
6 September 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresPima AgencyWASH2
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePima AgencyPECOS
5 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acrePima AgencyWATER TANK
4 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acrePima AgencySECORNER75

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maricopa County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Saint Johns Mission: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Silica, Quartz, Silica. 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
Butterfly Mountain AreaMica, Silica, QuartzPast ProducerMuscovite, Sericite
Butterfly Mtn Area Mica DepositMica, SilicaProspect

Every working recorded in Maricopa 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
Komatke0.2 miles26
Gila Crossing1.0 miles26
Co-op Village3.7 miles26
Laveen5.0 miles26
Maricopa Village6.6 miles26
Lone Butte Ranch7.8 miles22
La Montana del Sur7.9 miles26
Wonder Rift9.1 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 25067. 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.