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Steam, Arizona

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Yuma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85364. The Survey maps it on the Yuma West quadrangle.

Steam within Yuma County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 28 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

454 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 454 fires within 5 miles of Steam between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,220 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 35 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined265
Debris and open burning51
Recreation and ceremony39
Arson/incendiarism35
Misuse of fire by a minor28
Equipment and vehicle use16
Fireworks6
Natural5
Other causes3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFort Yuma AgencyANDRADE
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreYuma Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
5 September 2000Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresFort Yuma AgencyYUMA
5 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFort Yuma AgencyI-8 & 4TH
5 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFort Yuma AgencyARNOLD RD3
5 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFort Yuma AgencyYUMA ROAD
30 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreYuma Fire Department1811670
30 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreYuma Fire Department1811733

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yuma County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Steam: 6 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Geothermal, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Yuma County Plant & Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Yuma Plant & Pit #11Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownGeothermalUnknown
UnknownGeothermalUnknown
UnknownGeothermalUnknown
UnknownGeothermalUnknown
UnknownGeothermalUnknown
UnknownGeothermalUnknown

Every working recorded in Yuma 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
Yuma4.1 miles27
Yuma Indian Homesteads6.6 miles28
San Dionysio (historical)7.3 miles28
Somerton9.1 miles24
Araby10.1 miles27
Kool Corner11.8 miles23
Gadsden12.8 miles20
Laguna13.0 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 25330. 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.