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The Pointe at South Mountain, 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 85044. It lies near Pima Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Guadalupe quadrangle.

The Pointe at South Mountain 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

1,247 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,247 fires within 5 miles of The Pointe at South Mountain between 1995 and 2020, burning about 133 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 20 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/undetermined1207
Arson/incendiarism20
Natural14
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department334642
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
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department332703
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTempe Fire Department1820633
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department331660
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-112019
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

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of The Pointe at South Mountain: 4 past producers, 2 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 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, Main PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel
Union Rock, 24th Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
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
Guadalupe0.7 miles21
Burgundy Hill0.8 miles21
Peterson (historical)1.0 miles23
Contempo Tempe1.1 miles23
Cimarron1.2 miles23
Cambridge Heights1.4 miles21
Desert Villas1.5 miles21
Peterson1.8 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 Q122561224The 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 25154. 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.