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San Pedro, Arizona

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Tohono O'odham Nation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85634. It lies near Sharp Peak. The Survey maps it on the San Pedro quadrangle. It stands 2,694 feet above sea level.

San Pedro within Pima County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

35 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of San Pedro between 1992 and 2016, burning about 630 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use10
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks1
Other causes1
Debris and open burning1

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
7 August 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficePOZO HONDO
14 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresPapago AgencyCOYOTE FIRE
7 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
5 June 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePapago AgencyKING
29 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.2 acresPapago AgencyPAN TAK
20 June 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresPapago AgencySAN PEDRO
9 May 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeFALCON
7 May 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePapago Agency139 FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pima County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of San Pedro: 5 occurrences, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Copper, Silver, Gold, Mercury, Copper. 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
Coyote Claim - Roadside MineCopperOccurrenceVein
Roadside MineCopper, Silver, Gold, MercuryOccurrenceCinnabar, Copper, Mercury, Tetrahedrite
Roadside MineCopper, Gold, Mercury, SilverPast Producer
St Jude MineCopper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Manganese, Barium-BaritePast Producer
St. Jude MineSilver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Manganese, Barium-BaritePast Producer1933, 1939
Black BearManganeseOccurrence
Coyote Mtn ManganeseManganeseOccurrence
Russell Manganese ProspectManganeseOccurrence

Every working recorded in Pima 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
Nawt Vaya3.5 miles21
Pan Tak6.4 miles19
Uhs Kug8.8 miles17
Corner Windmill9.2 miles21
Three Points9.3 miles21
San Vicente9.3 miles19
Robles Junction9.4 miles21
Schuchk10.7 miles19

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 San PedroAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28912579The 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 10848. 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.