Sunset Trail Ranch, Arizona
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Phoenix census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85207. It lies near Double Knolls. The Survey maps it on the Buckhorn quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1904 USGS Desert Well quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Desert Well quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Buckhorn quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Buckhorn quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2004 USGS Buckhorn quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
315 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 315 fires within 5 miles of Sunset Trail Ranch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 261 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined | 303 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Superstition Fire and Medical District | NOT NAMED |
| 6 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mesa Fire and Medical Department | 70804 |
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Superstition Fire and Medical District | NOT NAMED |
| 5 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mesa Fire and Medical Department | not named |
| 4 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Mesa Fire and Medical Department | 70271 |
| 28 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Superstition Fire and Medical District | NOT NAMED |
| 25 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mesa Fire and Medical Department | 76300 |
| 23 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mesa Fire and Medical Department | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Knolls | 0.3 miles | 21 | |
| East Mesa | 0.7 miles | 21 | |
| Silver Spur Ranch | 0.8 miles | 21 | |
| Fountain of the Sun | 0.9 miles | 21 | |
| Silver Spur Village | 1.0 miles | 21 | |
| Desert Vista Estates III | 1.1 miles | 21 | |
| Superstition Country Subdivision | 1.2 miles | 21 | |
| Velda Rose Estates | 2.4 miles | 21 |
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 Q122540375 | The 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 37091. 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.










