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South Santan, Arizona

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Gila River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85147. The Survey maps it on the Sacaton quadrangle.

South Santan within Pinal County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

1,186 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,186 fires within 5 miles of South Santan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,892 acres in total. None started naturally. 125 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/undetermined733
Debris and open burning250
Arson/incendiarism125
Misuse of fire by a minor32
Equipment and vehicle use26
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony5
Fireworks4
Other causes4
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePima AgencyGRANDE
9 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePima AgencyHOTDOG
9 September 1993Debris and open burning20 acresPima AgencyBLUE BIRD
8 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePima AgencySTOTONIC
8 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePima AgencyFOUR LAW
8 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePima AgencyJACKSON
6 September 1993Debris and open burning1.5 acresPima AgencyRAIL ROAD
6 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresPima AgencyGARCIA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pinal County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of South Santan: 15 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mineral Butte Group Block IiCopperProspect
Stone QuarryStonePast Producer
North Bank - Gila RiverStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrenceSedimentary
OlbergStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerBasalt, Granite
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
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
Sacaton2.8 miles18
Olberg3.6 miles18
Cottonwood3.9 miles18
Stotonic4.0 miles20
Santan4.9 miles20
Sweetwater5.1 miles20
Sacaton Flats5.3 miles18
Bapchule6.9 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24624. 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.