BlockStanwix, Arizona
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Gila Bend census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85333. The Survey maps it on the Aztec SE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 17 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.
- 1929 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Aztec SE quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1967 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:50000
- 1980 USGS Dateland quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
22 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Stanwix between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 6 July 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Phoenix District Office | SENTINEL 2 |
| 4 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | PARK |
| 4 June 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | CHAINLINK |
| 27 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northwest District | WEST WELL |
| 25 June 2002 | Smoking | 1.8 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | BEND |
| 25 June 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Phoenix District Office | PLAIN |
| 23 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | I-8 MM 83 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Stanwix: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stanwix in 1 storm report in 2025: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | Flood | Stanwix | - | Avenue 22 E and Avenue 24 E were both closed due to elevated flows in the Gila River. Timing estimated from radar. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24627. 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.