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Top-of-the-World, Arizona

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 2004. It lies in ZIP code area 85539. It lies near Five Point Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Pinal Ranch quadrangle.

Top-of-the-World within Gila County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

97 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Top-of-the-World between 1992 and 2020, burning about 766 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined40
Natural23
Equipment and vehicle use18
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1

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
8 September 1997Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestCOYOTE
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTri-City Fire Districtnot named
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreQueen Valley Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
9 August 2006Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestTOP
8 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTonto National Forestnot named
5 August 1993Naturalunder an acreTonto National Forestnot named
4 August 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTonto National ForestBOULDER 2
26 August 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTonto National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gila County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 47 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 47 workings within 5 miles of Top-of-the-World: 21 past producers, 8 prospects, 7 occurrences, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Tungsten, Gold, Silver, Copper, 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
AmericanCopper, Gold, Lead, Silver, UraniumPast Producer
American MineSilver, Copper, Gold, Lead, UraniumProducer1901, 1951
Arbitration Zinc GroupCopper, Zinc, Gold, SilverProspect
Bronx Copper PropertyCopper, Gold, Molybdenum, SilverPast Producer
Cactus MineMolybdenum, Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, ZincPast Producer1905, 1929, 1964
Castle DomeFluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Quartz, CopperOccurrenceSolution-Cavity Filling
Crown Point ClaimLead, Copper, Vanadium, MolybdenumOccurrenceGalena, Vanadinite, Wulfenite
LorraineCopper, Gold, StonePast Producer
Mim PropertySilver, Zinc, GoldProspect
Pinto ValleyCopper, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver, Gemstone, Rhenium, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-FluoriteProducer1881, 1906

Every working recorded in Gila 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
Bellevue2.9 miles20
Inspiration7.2 miles23
Miami7.4 miles20
Lower Miami8.3 miles20
Claypool9.0 miles20
Dimario Place9.5 miles20
Little Acres9.6 miles20
Miami Gardens9.7 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1853171. 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.