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Sierra Vista Estates, Arizona

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Bisbee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85650. The Survey maps it on the Miller Peak quadrangle.

Sierra Vista Estates within Cochise County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

301 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 301 fires within 5 miles of Sierra Vista Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,669 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 6 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
Recreation and ceremony149
Missing data/not specified/undetermined114
Natural14
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Debris and open burning2
Smoking2
Fireworks1

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
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
29 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoronado National ForestMILLER CAMP
27 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoronado National ForestLOWER CARR
21 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoronado National ForestMC CORMACK
14 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoronado National ForestREEF II
12 September 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoronado National ForestSUNDAY
11 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFry Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
5 August 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoronado National ForestCARR CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cochise 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 Sierra Vista Estates: 5 past producers, 4 producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Tungsten, Gold, Lead, Silver, Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Deerhead ClaimsUraniumOccurrence
Huachuca ClaimsGoldProspect
James GroupZinc, Tungsten, Lead, Copper, Silver, GoldProducerGalena, Gold, Scheelite, Silver
Reef MineTungsten, Silver, Gold, Quartz, Lead, Copper, Zinc, TelluriumProducer1875, 1895, 1956
Tungsten Reef MineGold, Silver, Tungsten, Copper, Lead, Zinc, TelluriumPast Producer1870
White LilySilver, Gold, CopperOccurrence
Charleston PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Coronado N.F. Part 8.Gold, Silver, TungstenPast Producer
Lucky Strike MineTungsten, Gold, Lead, SilverPast Producer1950, 1955
Lucky Strike MineTungsten, Gold, Lead, SilverPast Producer1935

Every working recorded in Cochise 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
Nicksville3.1 miles19
Bledsoe3.7 miles23
Ramsey4.0 miles23
Village Meadows4.7 miles26
Fry5.5 miles26
Sierra Vista5.5 miles26
Gatewood Housing6.5 miles26
De Anza Village6.6 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 39224. 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.