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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1920 USGS Arivaca quadrangle1:125000
- 1941 USGS Arivaca quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Arivaca quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Las Guijas quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Sells quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
87 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 28 |
| Natural | 25 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge | SACATON TANK FIRE |
| 7 August 2018 | Natural | 15 acres | Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge | 19 FIRE |
| 7 August 1995 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge | SACATON |
| 5 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge | MP21HWY286 |
| 31 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.7 acres | Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge | ARROYO FIRE |
| 30 August 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge | SLEEPY |
| 26 August 1997 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge | LAS GUIJAS |
| 22 August 2015 | Natural | 58 acres | Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge | FOURTEEN FIRE |
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlas Group | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Black Gold Mine | Tungsten, Copper, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | 1936, 1940 | |
| Buster Lode Prospect | Tungsten, Gold, Silver | Producer | Wolframite | |
| Centennial and Tungsten | Copper, Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Cerro Colorado | Zeolites | Occurrence | Clinoptilolite | |
| General Electric Mine | Tungsten, Iron, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | 1900, 1914 | |
| Las Guijas District | Tungsten, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | QUARTZ VEINS, PLACERS | |
| Las Guijas Mine Group | Tungsten, Lead, Manganese, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Rainbow | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Gold, Silver, Copper | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Las Guijas | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Puertocito | 6.5 miles | 18 | |
| Arivaca | 10.1 miles | 17 | |
| Chutum Vaya | 10.9 miles | 16 | |
| Kuit Vaya | 12.7 miles | 16 | |
| Kom Kug | 13.4 miles | 17 | |
| Sapano Vaya | 13.4 miles | 17 | |
| Chiuli Shaik | 14.3 miles | 16 |
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 Q30594311 | 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 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.







