Sasabe, Arizona
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Arivaca census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85633. The Survey maps it on the Sasabe quadrangle. It stands 3,537 feet above sea level.
On record in Sasabe
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- U.S. Inspection Station-Sasabe, Arizonalisted 2014
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.
- 1956 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Sasabe quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1994 USGS Atascosa Mountains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Sasabe quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
41 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Sasabe between 1994 and 2020, burning about 7,575 acres in total. 6 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 | 17 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arivaca Volunteer Fire Department | 187 |
| 14 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge | POWER |
| 11 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 7 August 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge | GARCIA TANK |
| 5 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge | MP2-HWY286 |
| 4 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arivaca Volunteer Fire Department | NOT NAMED |
| 3 August 1995 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge | BUENA V. |
| 28 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sasabe: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Copper, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payoff Mine | Copper, Silver | Producer | 1951, 1952 |
Storms near this place
2 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sasabe in 2 storm reports between 1998 and 2007: 1 funnel cloud, 1 lightning. The reports record 4 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2007 | Lightning | Sasabe | 4 hurt | A suspected illegal immigrant was struck and injured by lightning while traveling through the desert of the Altar Valley near Sasabe. Three of his companions were also shocked when the bolt hit the man who suffered minor injuries. |
| July 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Sasabe | - | Custom officials at the Port of Customs in Sasabee reported several funnel clouds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buenos Aires | 6.5 miles | 17 | |
| Sandwash Mill | 6.7 miles | 20 | |
| Puertocito | 8.7 miles | 18 | |
| Sapano Vaya | 9.8 miles | 17 | |
| Kom Kug | 10.8 miles | 17 | |
| Newfield | 10.9 miles | 17 | |
| Arivaca | 12.6 miles | 17 | |
| Hashan Chuchg | 13.4 miles | 17 |
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 Sasabe | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3709355 | 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 10961. 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.





