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Santiago, Arizona

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Phoenix census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85254. The Survey maps it on the Paradise Valley quadrangle.

Santiago within Maricopa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 25 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

752 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 752 fires within 5 miles of Santiago between 2003 and 2020, burning about 68 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined724
Natural11
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Arson/incendiarism8

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
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-101906
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-101907
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department334318
7 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-142070
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-111664
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department329248
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-111662
3 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maricopa County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Santiago: 3 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mercury, Kyanite, Copper, 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
Squaw Peak AreaKyanitePast ProducerMetamorphic
Stone QuarryStonePast Producer
Victoria QuicksilverMercury, Copper, Gold, SilverOccurrence
Jones-Husted ProspectMercuryOccurrence1916
Mercury GroupMercuryProspect
Contention Pat. 1180GoldOccurrence
Devide Pat.Claim 4321GoldUnknown
Jack White MineGoldPast Producer1885
Webb GroupGoldUnknown

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
Shadow Ridge II0.2 miles25
Kensington0.3 miles25
The Covey0.4 miles25
Hyde Park0.4 miles25
Paradise Village North II0.5 miles25
Greenbrier East0.5 miles25
Quail Valley0.6 miles26
Greenway Park V0.7 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 25076. 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.