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Secundino, Arizona

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Arivaca census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85633. It stands on Santa Margarita Wash. The Survey maps it on the Las Guijas quadrangle. It stands 3,258 feet above sea level.

Secundino within Pima County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

87 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Secundino between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,452 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined28
Natural25
Recreation and ceremony9
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking7
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
28 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresBuenos Aires National Wildlife RefugeSACATON TANK FIRE
7 August 2018Natural15 acresBuenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge19 FIRE
7 August 1995Natural3.0 acresBuenos Aires National Wildlife RefugeSACATON
5 August 1998Naturalunder an acreBuenos Aires National Wildlife RefugeMP21HWY286
31 August 2019Debris and open burning2.7 acresBuenos Aires National Wildlife RefugeARROYO FIRE
30 August 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresBuenos Aires National Wildlife RefugeSLEEPY
26 August 1997Natural8.0 acresBuenos Aires National Wildlife RefugeLAS GUIJAS
22 August 2015Natural58 acresBuenos Aires National Wildlife RefugeFOURTEEN FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pima County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Secundino: 9 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Tungsten, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead, Iron, Copper, Lead. 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
Atlas GroupCopper, Gold, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Black Gold MineTungsten, Copper, Zinc, Gold, Silver, LeadPast Producer1936, 1940
Buster Lode ProspectTungsten, Gold, SilverProducerWolframite
Centennial and TungstenCopper, TungstenPast Producer
Cerro ColoradoZeolitesOccurrenceClinoptilolite
General Electric MineTungsten, Iron, Copper, LeadPast Producer1900, 1914
Las Guijas DistrictTungsten, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Silver, LeadPast ProducerQUARTZ VEINS, PLACERS
Las Guijas Mine GroupTungsten, Lead, Manganese, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer
RainbowCopperOccurrence
UnknownGold, Silver, CopperOccurrence

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
Las Guijas3.6 miles16
Puertocito6.5 miles18
Arivaca10.1 miles17
Chutum Vaya10.9 miles16
Kuit Vaya12.7 miles16
Kom Kug13.4 miles17
Sapano Vaya13.4 miles17
Chiuli Shaik14.3 miles16

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 Q30594311The 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 24609. 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.