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Santa Lucia, Arizona

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Tohono O'odham Nation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85634. It lies near Picacho Peak. The Survey maps it on the Ko Vaya quadrangle. It stands 2,464 feet above sea level.

Santa Lucia within Pima County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

12 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Santa Lucia between 1997 and 2015, burning about 4 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined6
Debris and open burning3
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 July 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePapago AgencyHWY86-MP97
13 July 2005Debris and open burningunder an acrePapago AgencyNOPOWER
28 June 2013Naturalunder an acreKaibab National ForestSYCAMORE
14 June 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePapago AgencyCOYOTE #1
14 June 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePapago AgencyCOYOTE #2
14 June 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePapago AgencyCOYOTE #3
14 May 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresPapago AgencyNOLIC FIRE
26 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresPapago AgencyJOHNSON FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pima County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 45 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 45 workings within 5 miles of Santa Lucia: 20 past producers, 8 producers, 7 occurrences, 7 unknowns. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Copper, Silver, Silver, Gold, Silver. 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
Cunquian MineCopper, Gold, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Grand Central MineGold, Copper, SilverProducer1941, 1942
Mildren MineLead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc, Vanadium, MolybdenumPast Producer1932, 1941
Mildren Mine GroupGold, Lead, Silver, Copper, Vanadium, ZincPast Producer
Picacho MineSilver, Gold, Copper, Lead, ZincProducer1850, 1965
Picacho MineGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Picacho Peak PlacerIronUnknown
Rochester GroupCopper, Gold, LeadPast Producer
Silver Dollar ClaimsTungsten, Barium-BariteOccurrence1939
Silver KingSilver, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer

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
San Luis0.9 miles18
Rincon1.8 miles18
Nolic2.2 miles18
Ko Vaya2.9 miles18
Santa Cruz3.2 miles18
Wickchoupai4.6 miles18
Sikul Himatk5.6 miles14
Vainom Kug5.9 miles14

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.

Wikidata item Q28912575The 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 24605. 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.