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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 21 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.
- 1934 USGS Tucson Mountains quadrangle1:125000
- 1941 USGS Cocoraque Butte quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Cocoraque Butte quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS San Pedro quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1992 USGS San Pedro quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Silver Bell Mountains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS San Pedro quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
35 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | POZO HONDO |
| 14 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | COYOTE FIRE |
| 7 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 5 June 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Papago Agency | KING |
| 29 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.2 acres | Papago Agency | PAN TAK |
| 20 June 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Papago Agency | SAN PEDRO |
| 9 May 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | FALCON |
| 7 May 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Papago Agency | 139 FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coyote Claim - Roadside Mine | Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Roadside Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Mercury | Occurrence | Cinnabar, Copper, Mercury, Tetrahedrite | |
| Roadside Mine | Copper, Gold, Mercury, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| St Jude Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Manganese, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| St. Jude Mine | Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Manganese, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | 1933, 1939 | |
| Black Bear | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Coyote Mtn Manganese | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Russell Manganese Prospect | Manganese | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nawt Vaya | 3.5 miles | 21 | |
| Pan Tak | 6.4 miles | 19 | |
| Uhs Kug | 8.8 miles | 17 | |
| Corner Windmill | 9.2 miles | 21 | |
| Three Points | 9.3 miles | 21 | |
| San Vicente | 9.3 miles | 19 | |
| Robles Junction | 9.4 miles | 21 | |
| Schuchk | 10.7 miles | 19 |
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 Pedro | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28912579 | The 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.











