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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 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.
- 1902 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1913 USGS Morenci quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1915 USGS Morenci quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | not named |
| 15 July 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | WATER CANYON |
| 30 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Gila District Office | CORONADO |
| 2 June 2006 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Gila District Office | TURTLE |
| 8 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Gila District Office | TRUCK FIRE |
| 28 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Gila District Office | POTTER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 89 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona Central Mine | Copper, Zinc, Iron | Producer | 1870, 1882, 1920 | |
| Bell and Pinkard Group | Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper | Producer | 1949, 1951 | |
| Buzzard's Shadow Mine | Gold, Copper, Silver, Manganese | Producer | 1901, 1904, 1915 | |
| Clifton Copper Mines | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Clifton Copper Mines | Copper, Molybdenum, Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | 1875, 1905, 1911 | |
| Colorado | Copper, Gold, Zinc, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Copper Mountain Kaolin Occurrence | Kaolin | Occurrence | Kaolinite | |
| Coronado Mine | Copper, Zinc, Lead, Manganese | Producer | 1874, 1913, 1918 | |
| Corporate and Climax Claims | Gold, Manganese | Past Producer | 1932 | |
| Detroit Mine | Copper, Silver, Manganese, Zinc | Past Producer | 1884, 1932 |
Storms near this place
1 since 2010Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2010 | Flash Flood | Stargo | $50,000 | Thunderstorms 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. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morenci | 0.8 miles | 20 | |
| Plantsite | 1.7 miles | 20 | |
| East Plantsite | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| Metcalf (historical) | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| Clifton | 3.6 miles | 20 | |
| Maques Place | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Aragon Place | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Granville | 8.4 miles | 20 |
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.










