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Tiger, Arizona

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the San Manuel census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85618. It lies near Red Hill. The Survey maps it on the Mammoth quadrangle. It stands 3,081 feet above sea level.

Tiger within Pinal County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 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

27 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Tiger between 1992 and 2014, burning about 4,194 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Debris and open burning2
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
7 August 1995Naturalunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
30 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeSMELTER
1 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.2 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
4 July 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined75 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
28 July 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
24 July 1999Naturalunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeTAILINGS
16 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeMAMMOTH
12 July 2006Smokingunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pinal County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 40 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Tiger: 15 past producers, 11 prospects, 7 producers, 4 occurrences. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Manganese, Silica, Gold, Silver. 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
Bose MineLead, ManganeseOccurrence
Ford PropertyGold, Lead, Silver, Vanadium, Copper, MolybdenumPast Producer
MammothGold, Lead, Copper, Molybdenum, Vanadium, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Limestone, GeneralPast Producer
Mammoth - St. Anthony MineGold, Lead, Zinc, Vanadium, Silica, Silver, Molybdenum, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, TungstenPast Producer1879, 1881
Mammoth Gold Mining Co PropertyGold, Copper, Lead, MolybdenumPast Producer
Mammoth Tailings DumpSilica, Silver, Copper, GoldUnknown
Mammoth-TigerGold, Lead, Barium-Barite, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, Molybdenum, Silver, Tungsten, Vanadium, ZincUnknown1879, 1881
MohawkGold, Lead, Manganese, Silver, Molybdenum, Vanadium, ZincPast Producer
Mohawk Extension PropertyLead, Gold, ManganesePast Producer
Mohawk-New Year MineLead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum, Vanadium, ZincProducer1881, 1896, 1934

Every working recorded in Pinal 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
Fordville0.7 miles25
Mammoth2.4 miles25
North Mammoth2.6 miles25
San Manuel7.9 miles28
Oracle8.2 miles20
Highjinks9.9 miles28
Campo Bonito10.4 miles28
Sombrero Butte10.7 miles21

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.

Wikipedia article on TigerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7801342The 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 24654. 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.