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Steeplechase, Arizona

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Phoenix census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85053. The Survey maps it on the Union Hills quadrangle.

Steeplechase within Maricopa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

1,111 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,111 fires within 5 miles of Steeplechase between 1992 and 2020, burning about 389 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined1078
Arson/incendiarism19
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-122600
9 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-122601
9 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-122599
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-111669
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-101907
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department333083
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-101204

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maricopa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Steeplechase: 17 unknowns, 16 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Stone, Copper, 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 PitCopper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, GoldUnknown
Kruger and Sultan-Pat.#4355 & 1906Gold, Copper, SilverUnknown
Stone QuarryStonePast Producer
Stone QuarryStonePast ProducerMetamorphic
BluebellGoldUnknown
Jack White MineGoldPast Producer1885
Arizona Crushing Co, 7th Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
DeseretSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Eskco Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Maricopa 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
Shadow Canyon0.6 miles18
Rancho Encanto0.7 miles19
Morado Encanto0.7 miles19
Country Ridge0.8 miles18
Union Hills Manor0.9 miles19
Brandywine1.0 miles19
Desert Pines1.1 miles19
Parkview North1.4 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 25105. 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.