Tonto Estate, Arizona
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Payson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85541. It stands on Dick Williams Creek. The Survey maps it on the Promontory Butte quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 27 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1887 USGS Verde quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Verde quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1934 USGS Promontory Butte quadrangle1:62500
- 1939 USGS Promontory Butte quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Promontory Butte quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Promontory Butte quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Payson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Promontory Butte quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
624 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 624 fires within 5 miles of Tonto Estate between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,843 acres in total. 402 started naturally. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 402 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 109 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | BEA |
| 9 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | not named |
| 8 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | PROMONTORY BUTTE |
| 6 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | LA CIENGA |
| 6 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | BUTTE |
| 6 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | not named |
| 5 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | LAKE |
| 5 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | LEONARD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Tonto Estate: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillside Clai3 | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Mormon Lake Uranium Claims | Uranium | Prospect |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kohls Ranch | 2.3 miles | 27 | |
| Thompson Draw Summer Homes Unit One | 3.2 miles | 27 | |
| Thompson Draw Summer Homes Unit Two | 3.4 miles | 27 | |
| Tonto Village | 3.6 miles | 25 | |
| La Cienega | 4.4 miles | 25 | |
| Ellison Creek Estates | 4.8 miles | 25 | |
| Bear Flat | 4.8 miles | 27 | |
| Mountain Meadows | 4.9 miles | 27 |
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 Q122569373 | The 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 40857. 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.











