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Stotonic, Arizona

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Gila River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85248. The Survey maps it on the Gila Butte quadrangle. It stands 1,230 feet above sea level.

Stotonic within Pinal 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

940 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 940 fires within 5 miles of Stotonic between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,793 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 96 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/undetermined572
Debris and open burning188
Arson/incendiarism96
Equipment and vehicle use38
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Smoking13
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural3
Other causes3
Fireworks3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Firearms and explosives use1

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 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePima AgencyHOTDOG
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChandler Fire Department333910
8 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePima AgencySTOTONIC
8 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresPima AgencyI-10
8 September 1993Debris and open burning50 acresPima AgencyHAMMER
8 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePima AgencyJACKSON
8 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePima AgencyBAHE
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChandler Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pinal County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Stotonic: 13 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel

Every working recorded in Pinal 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
Santan1.2 miles20
Sweetwater2.8 miles20
South Santan4.0 miles18
Bapchule4.2 miles20
Casa Blanca5.4 miles19
Sacaton6.5 miles18
Snaketown6.6 miles19
Olberg7.5 miles18

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on StotonicAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q30622752The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 25340. 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.