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Taliesin West, Arizona

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Phoenix census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85259. The Survey maps it on the Sawik Mountain quadrangle.

Taliesin West within Maricopa County

On record in Taliesin West

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 26 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

121 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Taliesin West between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,646 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined116
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1
Natural1

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
14 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreScottsdale Fire Department341290
13 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
28 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
28 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreScottsdale Fire Department319814
28 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-133137
27 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office155116
27 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office155114
24 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-102205

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maricopa County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Taliesin West: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Perlite, Copper, Copper, Silver, Tin, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Red MountainCopper, Silver, Tin, GoldProspect
Red Mountain MineCopperPast ProducerVein
Silver Reef Mtns.PerliteOccurrence

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
Cactus Villa1.4 miles26
Casa Rica1.5 miles26
Shiloh Canyon1.5 miles26
Chimney Hill1.7 miles26
McDowell Mountain Ranch1.8 miles29
Heritage Court1.9 miles26
Preston Hills2.0 miles26
Mirador2.3 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24639. 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.