Smelter Town, Arizona
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the North Pinal census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85118. It lies near Comet Peak. The Survey maps it on the Florence Junction quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1900 USGS Florence quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Florence quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Florence Junction quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1994 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2004 USGS Florence Junction quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
155 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Smelter Town between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,260 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 101 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | GONZALES |
| 30 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 29 September 2004 | Smoking | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | SILVER KING |
| 27 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Tonto National Forest | GONZALEZ |
| 25 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | CONELY POINTS |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | DROMEDARY |
| 17 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Tonto National Forest | KERR |
| 16 September 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Smelter Town: 7 past producers, 5 occurrences, 4 prospects, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Asbestos, Copper, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona Rhyolite | Volcanic Materials, Aggregate, Light Weight | Past Producer | Rhyolite | |
| Arizona Rhyolite | Pumice, Aggregate, Light Weight | Producer | Rhyolite | |
| Bomboy Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Vanadium | Producer | 1916, 1971 | |
| Driftwood | Perlite | Past Producer | ||
| El Marmol Claims | Limestone, General | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| El Marmol Claims | Marble, Dimension, Asbestos, Copper, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Elephant Butte Mine | Tungsten, Molybdenum, Copper | Producer | 1951 | |
| Elephant Butte and Whetrock | Copper, Silver, Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Gonzales Pass Deposit | Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Hewitt Canyon | Asbestos, Stone, Marble, Dimension | Occurrence | Metamorphic |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queen Valley | 0.8 miles | 20 | |
| Gold Camp | 1.5 miles | 20 | |
| Florence Junction | 3.9 miles | 20 | |
| Reymert | 5.6 miles | 20 | |
| Superior | 9.6 miles | 25 | |
| Gold Canyon | 11.0 miles | 21 | |
| Price | 13.7 miles | 19 | |
| Cochran | 14.2 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 40431. 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.









