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Sunrise Terrace, Arizona

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Phoenix census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85033. The Survey maps it on the Fowler quadrangle.

Sunrise Terrace within Maricopa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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

1,471 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,471 fires within 5 miles of Sunrise Terrace between 1992 and 2020, burning about 181 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 25 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/undetermined1425
Arson/incendiarism25
Natural14
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle 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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department335425
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-111668
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office154832
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-101903
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-101901
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-101205
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department332349
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department330995

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maricopa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Sunrise Terrace: 4 producers, 3 unknowns, 2 past producers, 2 plants. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Brick Clay, Clay, Vermiculite. 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
Building Products Co.ClayPlant
Tolleson MineBrick ClayProducerClay
Zonolite Co.VermiculitePlant
Agua Fria Pit National S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Allied Concrete PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Allied Concrete,Sand & Gravel PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Blm Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel

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
Willows West0.6 miles27
Dunhill Meadows0.8 miles20
Westbriar0.9 miles23
West End1.1 miles23
Sheffield Place1.1 miles23
Indian Springs1.3 miles20
Young America West1.4 miles23
La Fontana Heights1.7 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 25128. 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.