Twin Buttes, Arizona
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Arivaca census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85614. It stands on Twin Buttes. The Survey maps it on the Twin Buttes quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1920 USGS Arivaca quadrangle1:125000
- 1925 USGS Samaniego Peak quadrangle1:62500
- 1939 USGS Twin Buttes quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Twin Buttes quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Twin Buttes quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Twin Buttes quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Twin Buttes quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Sells quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
63 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Twin Buttes between 1992 and 2020, burning about 30 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 55 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 16 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Green Valley Fire District | not named |
| 8 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | CRUZ |
| 24 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast District | MCGEE |
| 13 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Green Valley Fire District | NOT NAMED |
| 6 July 2008 | Natural | 7.6 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | DUVAL |
| 3 July 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Green Valley Fire District | NOT NAMED |
| 27 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Green Valley Fire District | 6523 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 94 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 94 workings within 5 miles of Twin Buttes: 57 past producers, 20 producers, 15 occurrences, 2 unknowns. 20 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha Mine | Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Gold | Producer | 1876, 1954 | |
| Anamax Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Annete Mine | Silver, Zinc, Gold, Copper, Lead | Producer | Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Antelope Claims | Silver, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Antelope Claims | Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Arizona No. 3 Mine | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold | Producer | 1948, 1966 | |
| Asbestos Prospect | Asbestos | Occurrence | ||
| Conqueror | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Contention Mine | Zinc, Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold, Manganese | Producer | 1920, 1947 | |
| Contention Mine | Copper, Gold, Lead, Manganese, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Twin Buttes in 2 storm reports in 2021: 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | Twin Buttes | - | Two to four inches of rain in 90 minutes caused flash flooding of washes up to 3 feet deep across Arivaca Rd. prompting its closure. |
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | Twin Buttes | - | Heavy rain of 1 to 2 in 90 minutes caused flash flooding in rural areas west of Green Valley. Mission Rd. north of Duval Mine Rd. was closed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Valley Pueblo Estates | 3.7 miles | 20 | |
| Green Valley | 4.9 miles | 20 | |
| San Xavier | 5.2 miles | 21 | |
| Continental | 5.7 miles | 20 | |
| Duval | 5.8 miles | 20 | |
| Sahuarita | 6.7 miles | 20 | |
| East Sahuarita | 7.5 miles | 20 | |
| Sahuarita Heights | 7.9 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24663. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.










