BlockSombrero Butte, Arizona
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the San Manuel census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85618. It stands on Sombrero Butte. The Survey maps it on the Rhodes Peak quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1938 USGS Galiuro Mts quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1938 USGS Galiuro Mts quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Galiuro Mts quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Rhodes Peak quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Mammoth quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1996 USGS Rhodes Peak quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
25 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Sombrero Butte between 1993 and 2020, burning about 3,973 acres in total. 16 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | RHODES |
| 7 August 1995 | Natural | 30 acres | Gila District Office | NORTHFORK |
| 5 August 1995 | Natural | 713 acres | Gila District Office | SOMBRERO |
| 4 August 1995 | Natural | 25 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 2 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 4 July 2014 | Natural | 4.6 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | BUNKER |
| 4 July 2014 | Natural | 6.1 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | MERCER |
| 29 July 2019 | Natural | 58 acres | Gila District Office | SALOON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 60 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 60 workings within 5 miles of Sombrero Butte: 32 occurrences, 14 past producers, 9 prospects, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Eagle Mine | Copper, Molybdenum, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Blue Bird Mine | Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Molybdenum, Vanadium, Iron | Past Producer | 1863 | |
| Bluebird | Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Bluebird Mine | Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Vanadium, Zinc, Tungsten, Molybdenum, Manganese | Past Producer | 1863 | |
| Bunker Hill South-Adits | Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, Gold | Unknown | ||
| Childs-Aldwinkle Mine | Molybdenum, Copper, Silver, Gold, Arsenic, Zinc, Lead, Bismuth, Antimony | Past Producer | 1883, 1890 | |
| Clark Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead | Producer | 1905, 1934 | |
| Copper Creek District | Gemstone, Quartz | Prospect | ||
| Copper Giant Mine | Copper, Tungsten | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Wolframite | |
| Copper Prince Mine | Copper, Tungsten, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1907 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Creek | 1.7 miles | 19 | |
| Blake Place | 6.0 miles | 24 | |
| Parsons Grove | 6.8 miles | 19 | |
| Mammoth | 8.4 miles | 25 | |
| North Mammoth | 8.7 miles | 25 | |
| Tiger | 10.7 miles | 25 | |
| Fordville | 11.3 miles | 25 | |
| San Manuel | 11.8 miles | 28 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24622. 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.