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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.

Snaketown within Pinal County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

819 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined482
Debris and open burning164
Arson/incendiarism95
Equipment and vehicle use29
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Smoking16
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks2
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-111932
8 September 1993Debris and open burning50 acresPima AgencyHAMMER
8 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePima AgencyBAHE
7 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePima AgencyRIGGS
7 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresPima AgencyST.PETER#2
5 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePima AgencyI-10 & 174 EB
30 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePima AgencyMONTECARLO
30 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresPima AgencyHUNT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pinal County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lime PitLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel

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
Bapchule4.1 miles20
Casa Blanca4.6 miles19
Sweetwater5.5 miles20
Santan6.4 miles20
Stotonic6.6 miles20
Sacate8.5 miles22
Maricopa Wells8.8 miles22
South Santan10.2 miles18

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.