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Tempe Junction, Arizona

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Phoenix census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85281. It lies near Tempe Butte. The Survey maps it on the Tempe quadrangle.

Tempe Junction within Maricopa County

On record in Tempe Junction

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 12 of 30 shown

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

Every listing in Maricopa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

1,556 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,556 fires within 5 miles of Tempe Junction between 1995 and 2020, burning about 178 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined1519
Arson/incendiarism18
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Debris and open burning1

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
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office155223
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department334484
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department333916
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-133139
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTempe Fire Department1820633
7 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-142071
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-112019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maricopa County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Tempe Junction: 4 producers, 3 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Tungsten. 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
Gabitzsch-OwensTungsten, CopperProspect
Giacoma ClaimsCopperUnknown
Arizona S&R Plant #3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hayden Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Nesbitt Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel
Tri-City Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
United Metro Plant #6Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Valley Redi-Mix PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Normal Junction1.5 miles23
Tempe1.8 miles23
Contempo Tempe2.3 miles23
Marlborough Park2.4 miles23
Peterson2.5 miles23
McClintock Manor2.6 miles23
Peterson (historical)2.7 miles23
Tovrea2.7 miles23

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 Q49368928The 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 24650. 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.