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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1934 USGS Silver Bell quadrangle1:125000
- 1956 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Vaca Hills quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Silver Bell West quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Silver Bell Mountains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Silver Bell West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 7 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 9 June 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 200 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 27 June 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Papago Agency | N.KOMELIK |
| 11 June 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 640 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 11 June 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 7 May 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | COUGAR |
| 27 May 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 26 May 2005 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | SILVER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 77 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlas Alice Group | Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Atlas Elizibeth Group | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper | Unknown | ||
| Atlas Mine | Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Wollastonite | Past Producer | 1915, 1964 | |
| Atlas Mine | Zinc, Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Clarence Amended Group | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper | Unknown | ||
| Copper Giant | Copper, Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| El Tiro Open Pit Mine | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1954 | |
| Eloise | Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Esperanza | Zinc, Lead, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Franco Riqueza Claims | Copper, Lead, Zinc | Producer | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Bell | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Skoksonak | 9.3 miles | 15 | |
| Avra Valley | 11.8 miles | 16 | |
| Queens Well | 12.3 miles | 15 | |
| Quinlin | 12.6 miles | 15 | |
| Dobson | 13.4 miles | 16 | |
| Nelson | 14.2 miles | 16 | |
| Pipyak | 15.6 miles | 15 |
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.









