Sheldon, Arizona

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Duncan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85534. It lies near Ash Peak Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Sheldon quadrangle.

Sheldon within Greenlee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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.

1954 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS York Valley quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1962 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Sheldon quadrangle1:24000
1994 USGS Safford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

12 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Sheldon between 1995 and 2019, burning about 35 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined	5
Natural	3
Debris and open burning	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
Firearms and explosives use	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
27 September 1995	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Gila District Office	MP370
2 August 1995	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office	not named
9 July 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office	LEMON
3 July 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast District	SANDIA
30 June 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office	GOAT
27 June 2019	Firearms and explosives use	7.5 acres	Gila District Office	WALNUT
19 June 2001	Natural	3.0 acres	Gila District Office	WEST
19 June 2001	Natural	4.0 acres	Gila District Office	SHELDON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenlee County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Sheldon: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Arizona Red and Brownstone Quarries	Stone, Dimension	Past Producer
ADOT Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
ADOT Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
ADOT Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Greenlee 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Apache Grove	3.9 miles	12
Fox	5.3 miles	13
York	5.7 miles	12
Duncan	7.4 miles	14
Three Way	9.7 miles	12
Guthrie	10.0 miles	12
Franklin	10.7 miles	14
Aragon Place	14.6 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24612. 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.