BlockStark, Arizona
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Bisbee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85615. The Survey maps it on the Stark quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1914 USGS Hereford quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1932 USGS Stark quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Hereford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Stark quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
33 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Stark between 1993 and 2019, burning about 207 acres in total. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 July 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Gila District Office | SPLASH |
| 4 July 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | TRIANGLE |
| 15 July 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | CREEK |
| 13 July 2003 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Gila District Office | PALOMA |
| 9 June 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Gila District Office | LUPINE |
| 8 June 2017 | Natural | 9.0 acres | Gila District Office | LADD |
| 6 June 2006 | Natural | 16 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | RED MOUNTAIN |
| 30 June 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Gila District Office | HILLS |
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 Stark: 2 producers. All of them still produce. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palominas | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Naco | 5.3 miles | 22 | |
| Hereford | 5.6 miles | 19 | |
| Huachuca Terrace | 6.2 miles | 24 | |
| Miracle Valley | 6.2 miles | 19 | |
| Don Luis | 6.7 miles | 24 | |
| Highland Park | 7.5 miles | 24 | |
| South Bisbee | 7.7 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24628. 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.