BlockTwin Buttes, Arizona
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Indian Wells census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86505. The Survey maps it on the Greasewood Spring quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1886 USGS Fort Defiance quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Fort Defiance quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Greasewood Spring quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Sanders quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Twin Buttes between 2009 and 2020, burning about 34 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | SW GREASEWOOD 2 |
| 23 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | LOWER GREASEWOOD-1 |
| 9 May 2018 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.3 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | S GREASEWOOD 1 |
| 30 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | 29 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | S GREASEWOOD 1 |
| 27 March 2011 | Debris and open burning | 3.4 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | S. GREASEWOOD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greasewood | 6.5 miles | 16 | |
| Bidahochi | 8.5 miles | 18 | |
| Indian Wells | 9.8 miles | 18 | |
| Na Ah Tee | 13.3 miles | 18 | |
| White Cone | 14.6 miles | 19 | |
| Dilkon | 22.4 miles | 20 | |
| Cedar Springs | 24.4 miles | 20 | |
| Castle Butte | 25.2 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 25326. 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.