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Spur Cross, Arizona

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Clifton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85533. It lies near Dark Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Coronado Mountain quadrangle.

Spur Cross within Greenlee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

18 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Spur Cross between 1993 and 2017, burning about 293 acres in total. 16 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
Natural16
Arson/incendiarism1
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
5 September 1993Natural1.0 acresApache-Sitgreaves National Forestnot named
9 August 2014Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestGRANVILLE
6 July 2017Natural200 acresApache-Sitgreaves National ForestPINTO SPRINGS
31 July 2012Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestHL SADDLE
23 July 2000Natural1.0 acresApache-Sitgreaves National ForestCHERRY
22 July 2004Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestSTOVE
15 July 1997Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestWEBSTER
14 July 2003Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestKNIGHT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenlee County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Spur Cross: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Lead, Silica, Zinc, Lead. 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 CapLead, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Vanadium, MolybdenumPast Producer
Lime Cap GroupZinc, Lead, Vanadium, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver, Copper, ManganeseProducer1916, 1940, 1941
Willis MineSilicaPast ProducerQuartzite
La Palma GroupLead, ManganeseProducer1925
La Palma GroupManganese, LeadPast Producer
La Palma,Venus & San FranciscoManganeseProspect1920
Sylvia M ClaimsManganeseOccurrence1953
Sylvia M ClaimsManganeseProspect1953

Every working 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
Granville4.0 miles20
Metcalf (historical)6.7 miles20
Morenci8.7 miles20
Stargo9.5 miles20
Plantsite11.0 miles20
East Plantsite12.0 miles20
Clifton12.5 miles20
Maques Place15.1 miles12

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.

Wikidata item Q122595698The 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 34758. 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.