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Spurlock, Arizona

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Tonto Basin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85554. The Survey maps it on the Diamond Butte quadrangle.

Spurlock within Gila County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 21 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

56 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Spurlock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 183 acres in total. 43 started naturally. 2 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
Natural43
Debris and open burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2008Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestBAR X
6 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTonto National ForestPIT
19 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTonto National ForestFLYING
9 August 1993Natural4.0 acresTonto National Forestnot named
4 August 1997Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestDRY
31 August 2017Natural1.8 acresTonto National ForestALDERWOOD
31 August 1996Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestRANCH
29 August 1994Naturalunder an acreTonto National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gila 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 Spurlock: 6 prospects, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Beryllium, Beryllium, Feldspar, Silica, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite. 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
Diamond Butte Mining Co ClaimsCopper, Silver, GoldProspect
Diamond Butte Placer GroupGoldProspect
Jones Barite-FluoriteFluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, ManganeseOccurrenceVein
Jones Barite-FluoriteCopper, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect
Jones Beryllium ProspectBeryllium, Feldspar, SilicaOccurrenceVein
Jones Beryllium ProspectCopper, Beryllium, FeldsparProspect
Lothmann-Scorfion PropertyBerylliumProspect
Walnut CreekBerylliumProspect

Every working recorded in Gila 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
Young4.9 miles18
Gallups9.5 miles22
Bear Flat10.2 miles27
Sleepy Hollow10.3 miles19
Colcord Mountain Estates10.6 miles19
Hunter Creek Ranch10.8 miles27
Coffeepot11.1 miles22
Christopher Creek11.5 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 34759. 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.