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The Pointe, Arizona

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Phoenix census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85020. It stands on Dreamy Draw. The Survey maps it on the Sunnyslope quadrangle.

The Pointe within Maricopa County

On record in The Pointe

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

9 surveys from 18 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

1,826 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,826 fires within 5 miles of The Pointe between 1992 and 2020, burning about 181 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 46 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/undetermined1743
Arson/incendiarism46
Natural28
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
9 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department334516
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office154837
9 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-122597
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-111670
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-101904
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-101906
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department334376

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maricopa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of The Pointe: 6 occurrences, 6 past producers, 5 unknowns, 3 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, Gold, Kyanite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Cram's Gold Standard ProspectMercury, Silver, Copper, GoldPast ProducerVein
Crushed Granite Operation MadisonStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
MarionGold, Silver, BromineUnknown
Mercury GroupMercury, CopperPast ProducerCinnabar
Nita JeanStoneUnknown
Rico GroupMercury, Copper, SilverPast Producer1916
Rico Mercury-Pat.#4047Mercury, Silver, CopperPast Producer1916
Seal Rock GroupKyanite, Mica, MercuryOccurrenceCinnabar, Kyanite, Mica
Sealrock GroupMercury, Mica, KyaniteUnknown
Silica OccurrenceSilicaOccurrenceQuartz

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
Skyline Heights0.4 miles18
Sunnyslope1.3 miles18
Estate Monterra1.6 miles18
Claremont Place1.8 miles18
Palmas Royale2.0 miles18
The Preserve2.2 miles18
Biltmore Greens III2.5 miles18
Stony Mountain Villas2.6 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 25153. 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.