Trench Camp, Arizona
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Nogales census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85624. It lies near Hermosa Hill. The Survey maps it on the Harshaw quadrangle. It stands 5,223 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 22 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.
- 1905 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1932 USGS Lochiel quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Harshaw quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Lochiel quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Harshaw quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Lochiel quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Harshaw quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
102 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Trench Camp between 1992 and 2020, burning about 20,920 acres in total. 24 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 47 |
| Natural | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | WILLOW SPRINGS |
| 15 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Coronado National Forest | GARDEN II |
| 15 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AFTERNOON |
| 4 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | HARSHAW |
| 20 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | ALUM |
| 10 August 2009 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Coronado National Forest | THREE R |
| 10 August 2000 | Natural | 30 acres | Coronado National Forest | HUMMINGBIRD |
| 8 July 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | RED |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 155 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 155 workings within 5 miles of Trench Camp: 90 past producers, 32 producers, 15 prospects, 13 occurrences. 33 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Lead, Silver, Lead, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alta Mine | Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1875, 1877, 1952 | |
| American Mine | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Augusta Mine | Lead, Silver, Manganese, Gold, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Basin Mine Group | Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead | Producer | 1882, 1885, 1949 | |
| Bender Mine | Manganese, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper | Producer | 1875, 1880, 1959 | |
| Bender Property | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Black Eagle Mine | Manganese, Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold | Producer | 1875, 1918, 1930 | |
| Blue Eagle Mine | Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold | Producer | 1897, 1903, 1956 | |
| Blue Nose Mine | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Manganese | Past Producer | 1880, 1884, 1956 | |
| Blue Nose Mine | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Manganese | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harshaw | 1.2 miles | 22 | |
| Patagonia | 5.4 miles | 22 | |
| Washington Camp | 6.0 miles | 22 | |
| Duquesne | 6.9 miles | 23 | |
| Kino Springs | 8.2 miles | 19 | |
| Beyerville | 9.4 miles | 20 | |
| Lochiel | 10.5 miles | 23 | |
| Alto | 12.5 miles | 23 |
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 Trench Camp | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q30625671 | 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 35457. 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.










