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Suncrest Villas West, Arizona

19 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 85308. It lies near Little Deer Valley. The Survey maps it on the Hedgpeth Hills quadrangle.

Suncrest Villas West within Maricopa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

799 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 799 fires within 5 miles of Suncrest Villas West between 1992 and 2020, burning about 778 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined765
Arson/incendiarism16
Natural6
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony2

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
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office154088
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-101900
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-101899
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department331115

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 Suncrest Villas West: 19 past producers, 13 unknowns, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Arizona GraniteStone, Crushed/Broken, GraniteProducer
Gravel PitCopper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, GoldUnknown
Arizona Gold Decomposed Granite PitStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
J.D. Harris Decomposed Granite PitStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Stone QuarryStonePast Producer
Stone QuarryStonePast ProducerMetamorphic
Stone QuarryStonePast Producer
Thunderbird Granite PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Arizona Crushing Co, 7th Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Desert PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Deer Valley1.0 miles19
Amberwood North1.0 miles19
Canyon View1.3 miles19
Villas Plaza1.4 miles18
Overland Trail1.5 miles19
Autumn Ridge1.5 miles19
Union Hills Manor1.6 miles19
Woodridge VI1.6 miles19

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.

Wikidata item Q122554286The 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 25122. 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.