Tucker, Arizona

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Globe-Miami census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85501. It lies near Hess Flat. The Survey maps it on the Chrysotile quadrangle.

Tucker within Gila County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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.

1922 USGS Chrysotile quadrangle1:125000
1954 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
1966 USGS Chrysotile quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1992 USGS Seneca quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
2004 USGS Chrysotile quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

36 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Tucker between 1993 and 2018, burning about 121 acres in total. 18 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
Natural	18
Equipment and vehicle use	10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6
Arson/incendiarism	1
Fireworks	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
9 August 2004	Natural	under an acre	Tonto National Forest	SEVEN
6 August 1995	Natural	under an acre	Tonto National Forest	CAROL
3 August 2003	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Tonto National Forest	TIMBER
28 August 2009	Natural	3.0 acres	Tonto National Forest	TIMBER CAMP
12 August 1995	Natural	under an acre	Tonto National Forest	DETENTION
11 August 1997	Natural	under an acre	Tonto National Forest	HUDSON
1 August 2008	Fireworks	under an acre	Tonto National Forest	HIGHWAY
9 July 1999	Natural	under an acre	Tonto National Forest	ROADSIDE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gila County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Tucker: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Asbestos. 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
	Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
	Oso Claim	Asbestos	Prospect

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
McMillianville	6.9 miles	15
Chrysotile	7.2 miles	15
Seneca	9.4 miles	18
Sawmill	11.3 miles	12
Dagger	11.5 miles	17
Bear Canyon Junction	13.4 miles	12
Copper Hill	16.7 miles	20
Radium	17.5 miles	20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 25294. 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.