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The Landings, Arizona

21 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 85283. The Survey maps it on the Guadalupe quadrangle.

The Landings within Maricopa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

1,267 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,267 fires within 5 miles of The Landings between 1992 and 2020, burning about 203 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined1243
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural4
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTempe Fire Department1820604
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTempe Fire Department1820633
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMesa Fire and Medical Department70696
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-112019
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-101071
30 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
30 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maricopa County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of The Landings: 4 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Tungsten, Copper. 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
ADOT Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Arizona S&R Plant #3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Chandler Ready Mix PlantSand 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

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
The Lakes0.7 miles21
Camelot Luxury Homes0.9 miles21
Continental Tempe1.1 miles21
Tempe Royal Palms1.3 miles21
Renaissance1.3 miles21
Knoell East1.3 miles23
Dusk File1.4 miles21
McClintock Manor1.6 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 25151. 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.