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Soldier Camp, Arizona

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Tucson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85619. It lies near Spencer Peak. The Survey maps it on the Mount Bigelow quadrangle. It stands 7,710 feet above sea level.

Soldier Camp within Pima County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 24 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

590 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 590 fires within 5 miles of Soldier Camp between 1992 and 2020, burning about 84,424 acres in total. 251 started naturally. 16 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
Natural251
Recreation and ceremony198
Missing data/not specified/undetermined87
Arson/incendiarism16
Smoking12
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks1

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 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoronado National ForestDITCH
9 September 1995Naturalunder an acreCoronado National ForestPECK
7 September 2009Naturalunder an acreCoronado National ForestALDER
7 September 1995Naturalunder an acreCoronado National ForestCARTER
7 September 1995Naturalunder an acreCoronado National ForestRADIO
6 September 2012Naturalunder an acreCoronado National ForestALDER
6 September 1996Naturalunder an acreCoronado National ForestSCOUT
6 September 1993Naturalunder an acreCoronado National ForestLABOR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pima County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Soldier Camp: 15 past producers, 7 producers, 7 occurrences, 5 unknowns. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Tungsten, Copper, Gold, Silver, Silver, Gold. 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
Bluff Mine GroupLead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, SilverProducer1951, 1957
Bluff Mine GroupLead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, GoldPast Producer
Catalina GroupCopper, Silver, Gold, TungstenProspectUnknown
Catalina GroupCopper, Gold, Silver, TungstenPast Producer
Daily MineCopper, Silver, Gold, TungstenPast Producer
Geesman GroupCopper, Tungsten, Silver, GoldProducer1937, 1948
Geesman Mine GroupCopper, Silver, Tungsten, Gold, UraniumPast Producer
Hartman Homestake MineCopper, Lead, Zinc, SilverPast Producer1947, 1948
Hartman-Homestake MinesCopper, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Leatherwood GroupCopper, Silver, Lead, GoldProducer1939, 1965

Every working recorded in Pima 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
Whitetail1.2 miles24
Summerhaven1.3 miles23
Loma Linda1.6 miles23
Willow Canyon3.5 miles24
Skyline Bel Aire Estates10.8 miles26
Catalina11.0 miles21
Tanque Verde12.1 miles24
Oro Valley12.2 miles23

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Soldier CampAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q30621900The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 34614. 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.