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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.

Smelter Town within Pinal County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

155 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined101
Equipment and vehicle use15
Smoking11
Natural10
Recreation and ceremony8
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism3
Fireworks1
Firearms and explosives use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTonto National ForestGONZALES
30 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
29 September 2004Smokingunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeSILVER KING
27 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTonto National ForestGONZALEZ
25 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeCONELY POINTS
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeDROMEDARY
17 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTonto National ForestKERR
16 September 1995Smokingunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pinal County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Arizona RhyoliteVolcanic Materials, Aggregate, Light WeightPast ProducerRhyolite
Arizona RhyolitePumice, Aggregate, Light WeightProducerRhyolite
Bomboy MineCopper, Silver, Gold, VanadiumProducer1916, 1971
DriftwoodPerlitePast Producer
El Marmol ClaimsLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceSedimentary
El Marmol ClaimsMarble, Dimension, Asbestos, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Elephant Butte MineTungsten, Molybdenum, CopperProducer1951
Elephant Butte and WhetrockCopper, Silver, TungstenPast Producer
Gonzales Pass DepositBarium-Barite, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrenceVein
Hewitt CanyonAsbestos, Stone, Marble, DimensionOccurrenceMetamorphic

Every working recorded in Pinal 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
Queen Valley0.8 miles20
Gold Camp1.5 miles20
Florence Junction3.9 miles20
Reymert5.6 miles20
Superior9.6 miles25
Gold Canyon11.0 miles21
Price13.7 miles19
Cochran14.2 miles19

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.