BlockSwansea, Arizona
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Parker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85344. The Survey maps it on the Swansea quadrangle. It stands 1,283 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1923 USGS Signal quadrangle1:250000
- 1942 USGS Signal quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Swansea quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Alamo Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Swansea quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Swansea between 1997 and 2006, burning about 1 acre in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 December 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Colorado River District | CHRISTMAS DINNER |
| 7 November 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Colorado River District | SARA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 30 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Swansea: 19 past producers, 8 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Copper, Gold, Silver, Iron, Silver, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Hills | Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Buckskin Mountains | Limestone, General, Marble, Dimension | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Moro Mine Group | Copper, Gold, Silver, Iron, Lead | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Moro Mine Group | Copper, Iron, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Mystery Hill Mine | Silver, Gold, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Revenue Mine Group | Copper, Gold, Iron, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Swansea Mine | Copper, Gold, Iron, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Mineral N0.1 | Gold, Copper | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Copper, Gold | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midway | 7.2 miles | 18 | |
| Planet | 8.3 miles | 18 | |
| Alamo Crossing (historical) | 15.3 miles | 18 | |
| Bouse | 18.4 miles | 19 | |
| Parker Strip | 19.0 miles | 25 | |
| Cienega Springs | 20.1 miles | 25 | |
| Bluewater | 22.2 miles | 22 | |
| Utting | 22.9 miles | 16 |
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 Swansea | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3506438 | 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 24636. 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.