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Silverbell, Arizona

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Marana census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85653. It lies near Jesuit Hill (historic). The Survey maps it on the Silver Bell West quadrangle.

Silverbell within Pima County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

12 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Silverbell between 1992 and 2017, burning about 1,262 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined7
Natural1
Debris and open burning1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
24 August 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
9 June 1993Railroad operations and maintenance200 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
27 June 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePapago AgencyN.KOMELIK
11 June 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined640 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
11 June 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
7 May 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeCOUGAR
27 May 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
26 May 2005Natural1.0 acresPapago AgencySILVER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pima County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 77 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 77 workings within 5 miles of Silverbell: 48 occurrences, 14 past producers, 8 producers, 5 unknowns. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Molybdenum, Copper, Silver, 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 Alice GroupCopper, Gold, Silver, ZincUnknown
Atlas Elizibeth GroupGold, Silver, Zinc, CopperUnknown
Atlas MineZinc, Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, WollastonitePast Producer1915, 1964
Atlas MineZinc, Gold, Lead, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Clarence Amended GroupLead, Silver, Zinc, CopperUnknown
Copper GiantCopper, Gold, SilverUnknown
El Tiro Open Pit MineCopper, Gold, Lead, Silver, MolybdenumPast Producer1954
EloiseSilver, GoldPast Producer
EsperanzaZinc, Lead, SilverOccurrence
Franco Riqueza ClaimsCopper, Lead, ZincProducerUnknown

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
Silver Bell3.8 miles15
Skoksonak9.3 miles15
Avra Valley11.8 miles16
Queens Well12.3 miles15
Quinlin12.6 miles15
Dobson13.4 miles16
Nelson14.2 miles16
Pipyak15.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24616. 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.