Sweetwater, 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 85147. The Survey maps it on the Gila Butte quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 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.
- 1914 USGS Gila Butte quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Gila Butte quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Gila Butte quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1952 USGS Gila Butte quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Gila Butte quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1,253 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,253 fires within 5 miles of Sweetwater between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,549 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 139 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 | 726 |
| Debris and open burning | 285 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 139 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 43 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 22 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Pima Agency | STOTONIC |
| 8 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Pima Agency | I-10 |
| 8 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Pima Agency | HAMMER |
| 8 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pima Agency | JACKSON |
| 8 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pima Agency | BAHE |
| 7 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Pima Agency | ST.PETER#2 |
| 6 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Pima Agency | RAIL ROAD |
| 6 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Pima Agency | GARCIA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Sweetwater: 17 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beard Claims | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bapchule | 1.7 miles | 20 | |
| Casa Blanca | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Stotonic | 2.8 miles | 20 | |
| Santan | 3.7 miles | 20 | |
| South Santan | 5.1 miles | 18 | |
| Snaketown | 5.5 miles | 19 | |
| Sacaton | 6.6 miles | 18 | |
| Burns | 8.2 miles | 19 |
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 Sweetwater | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28873460 | 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 24637. 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.










