Taylor Place, Arizona
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Bowie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85632. It stands on Bitter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cochise Head quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1917 USGS San Simon quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1926 USGS Cochise Head quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Cochise Head quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Cochise Head quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1994 USGS Willcox quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
19 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Taylor Place between 1993 and 2020, burning about 5,242 acres in total. 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 25 July 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Chiricahua National Monument | RIDGELINE |
| 23 July 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Chiricahua National Monument | ORGAN |
| 18 July 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Chiricahua National Monument | AGAVE |
| 18 July 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | HEAD |
| 17 July 2016 | Natural | 21 acres | Coronado National Forest | EMIGRANT |
| 15 July 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | DUG MOUNTAIN FIRE |
| 12 July 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Chiricahua National Monument | PICKET #1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Taylor Place: 8 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clair Group Mines | Copper, Lead, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Silver | |
| Clair Group Mines | Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Cochise White Marble | Marble, Dimension, Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Indian Creek | Silica, Quartz | Occurrence | Quartz | |
| Indian Creek | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| King of Lead Mine | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Copper | Producer | 1900, 1924, 1970 | |
| King of Lead Mine | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Willie Rose Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc | Past Producer | Contact Metamorphic | |
| Apache Chief | Copper, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Name Unknown | Copper | Past Producer | Vein |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilltop | 6.2 miles | 21 | |
| Galeyville | 10.4 miles | 22 | |
| Paradise | 11.3 miles | 22 | |
| San Simon | 14.2 miles | 18 | |
| Portal | 14.8 miles | 22 | |
| Olga | 15.5 miles | 17 | |
| Vanar | 16.7 miles | 19 | |
| Dos Cabezas | 16.8 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24648. 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.







