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Sprucedale, Arizona

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Clifton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85922. It lies near Johns Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Hannagan Meadow quadrangle.

Sprucedale within Greenlee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

170 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Sprucedale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,327 acres in total. 139 started naturally. 1 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
Natural139
Recreation and ceremony18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle 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
8 September 1992Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresApache-Sitgreaves National Forestnot named
5 September 2002Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestBEAVER
27 September 1998Recreation and ceremony401 acresApache-Sitgreaves National ForestMIDDLE
20 September 2008Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestDUCK
19 September 2000Natural170 acresApache-Sitgreaves National ForestNEST
1 September 2019Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestHORTON
9 August 2000Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestBUFFALO
9 August 1998Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestHARRIS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenlee County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sprucedale: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Greenlee County

Storms near this place

1 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sprucedale in 1 storm report in 2013: 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2013FloodSprucedale$50,000During the evening of September 13th, heavy rain occurred along the Campbell Blue Creek near the headwaters of the Blue River in Arizona, which was an area that was affected by the 2011 Wallow Fire. Heavy rain also fell along Turkey Creek in Arizona and the Dry Blue Creek in New Mexico. Runoff continued downstream to the confluence of the Campbell Blue and Dry Blue Creeks, which forms the Blue River. In addition, heavy rain occurred during the evening of the 14th in Arizona and New Mexico, swelling the tributaries of the Blue River upstream of the community of Blue, Arizona. Multiple crests in the Blue River two to four feet above flood stage resulted. Sections of Blue River Road were washed out, isolating residents of the community. The Campbell Blue Bridge, which is a 30 foot concrete bridge just across the state line in New Mexico, was completely washed out. Electrical and telephone lines were damaged by the flooding. A utility company truck rolled into Turkey Creek after the adjacent flood-compromised road gave way. The driver was able to escape the six foot deep flowing water without injury.

Every storm recorded in Greenlee 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
Cleaveland2.7 miles14
Hannagan Meadow6.8 miles14
Carlton Vista9.6 miles14
Strayhorse13.1 miles14
Whispering Pines14.4 miles14
Blue14.7 miles14
Blue Vista15.4 miles14
Charlie Moore Place28.4 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 34753. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.