Snaketown, Arizona
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Gila River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85121. The Survey maps it on the Gila Butte NW quadrangle.
On record in Snaketown
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Hohokam-Pima National Monumentlisted 1974 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1914 USGS Gila Butte quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Gila Butte quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Gila Butte quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Gila Butte NW quadrangle1:24000, 3 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
- 1971 USGS Gila Butte NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
819 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 819 fires within 5 miles of Snaketown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,707 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 95 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 | 482 |
| Debris and open burning | 164 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 95 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 22 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AZ-111932 |
| 8 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Pima Agency | HAMMER |
| 8 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pima Agency | BAHE |
| 7 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pima Agency | RIGGS |
| 7 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Pima Agency | ST.PETER#2 |
| 5 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Pima Agency | I-10 & 174 EB |
| 30 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Pima Agency | MONTECARLO |
| 30 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Pima Agency | HUNT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Snaketown: 11 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lime Pit | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sand and Gravel Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sand and Gravel | |
| Sand and Gravel Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sand and Gravel |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bapchule | 4.1 miles | 20 | |
| Casa Blanca | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Sweetwater | 5.5 miles | 20 | |
| Santan | 6.4 miles | 20 | |
| Stotonic | 6.6 miles | 20 | |
| Sacate | 8.5 miles | 22 | |
| Maricopa Wells | 8.8 miles | 22 | |
| South Santan | 10.2 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24621. 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.










