Sanchez, Arizona
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Safford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85546. It stands on Yuma Wash. The Survey maps it on the San Jose quadrangle. It stands 3,061 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1954 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Safford quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Safford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
31 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Sanchez between 1992 and 2019, burning about 334 acres in total. 8 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 | 14 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 1992 | Natural | 25 acres | Gila District Office | BUCKCANYON |
| 29 August 1994 | Natural | 21 acres | Gila District Office | SOLOMON |
| 20 August 2002 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Gila District Office | PARSON |
| 20 August 1993 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Gila District Office | HORSE |
| 16 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Gila District Office | DRY |
| 14 August 2014 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Gila District Office | GILA BOX |
| 1 August 1993 | Natural | 160 acres | Gila District Office | BONITA CK |
| 9 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | SAGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Sanchez: 4 producers, 3 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorothy B Claims | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Iron, Silica | Prospect | ||
| Horseshoe | Copper, Gold, Iron, Silver, Silica | Producer | ||
| Horseshoe Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1904, 1966 | |
| Pumice No.2 | Pumice, Perlite | Producer | ||
| Sanchez Copper Deposit | Copper, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1899 | |
| Solomon Deposit | Diatomite | Prospect | ||
| Terra Firma Prospect | Aluminum | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Pumice No. 2 | Pumice | Past Producer | Pumice | |
| Graham County Crusher | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sanchez in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sanchez | - | A strong thunderstorm outflow moved through the higher terrain of southern Greenlee and eastern Graham Counties. |
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.
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 Sanchez | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28912675 | 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 10866. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





