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Stargo, 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 85540. It lies near Morenci Gulch (historic). The Survey maps it on the Clifton quadrangle.

Stargo 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

6 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Stargo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9 acres in total. 3 started naturally. None 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
Natural3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3

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
22 August 1992Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National Forestnot named
15 July 2003Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestWATER CANYON
30 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresGila District OfficeCORONADO
2 June 2006Natural2.0 acresGila District OfficeTURTLE
8 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGila District OfficeTRUCK FIRE
28 February 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGila District OfficePOTTER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenlee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 89 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 89 workings within 5 miles of Stargo: 43 producers, 32 past producers, 5 occurrences, 4 prospects. 44 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Silver, Silver, Gold. 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
Arizona Central MineCopper, Zinc, IronProducer1870, 1882, 1920
Bell and Pinkard GroupSilver, Gold, Zinc, Lead, CopperProducer1949, 1951
Buzzard's Shadow MineGold, Copper, Silver, ManganeseProducer1901, 1904, 1915
Clifton Copper MinesGeothermalUnknown
Clifton Copper MinesCopper, Molybdenum, Gypsum-AnhydriteProducer1875, 1905, 1911
ColoradoCopper, Gold, Zinc, SilverPast Producer
Copper Mountain Kaolin OccurrenceKaolinOccurrenceKaolinite
Coronado MineCopper, Zinc, Lead, ManganeseProducer1874, 1913, 1918
Corporate and Climax ClaimsGold, ManganesePast Producer1932
Detroit MineCopper, Silver, Manganese, ZincPast Producer1884, 1932

Every working recorded in Greenlee County

Storms near this place

1 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stargo in 1 storm report in 2010: 1 flash 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 2010Flash FloodStargo$50,000Thunderstorms developed over Clifton around 4:30 pm and intense rainfall resulted. According to Clifton officials, 2.25 inches fell in about 45 minutes, on already saturated soil. The storm resulted in tons of mud and rock piled on city streets. Two unoccupied vehicles parked on Turner Avenue were washed down Ward's Canyon and into the San Francisco River. A third vehicle was tossed onto its side in the canyon about 100 yards from the canyon's confluence with the river. Flash flooding also resulted in damage to a main water line feeding Clifton.

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
Morenci0.8 miles20
Plantsite1.7 miles20
East Plantsite2.6 miles20
Metcalf (historical)3.1 miles20
Clifton3.6 miles20
Maques Place6.4 miles12
Aragon Place6.6 miles12
Granville8.4 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 34800. 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.