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Twin Falls, Arizona

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Sweetwater census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86514. It lies near Teec Nos Pos Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Beclabito quadrangle.

Twin Falls within Apache County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

18 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Twin Falls between 1996 and 2019, burning about 13 acres in total. 9 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
Natural9
Debris and open burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Smoking1
Other causes1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
22 August 2004Naturalunder an acreNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementN. CARRIZO
9 July 1999Naturalunder an acreNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementSAWMILLONE
7 July 2014Natural1.0 acresNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementCARRIZO MTN
29 July 2005Natural3.0 acresNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementCARRIZO 2
27 July 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementTEEC NOS POS 1
20 July 2017Natural2.0 acresNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementNE CARRIZO
23 June 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementTEEC NOS POS 2
21 June 2016Naturalunder an acreNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementCARRIZO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Apache County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Twin Falls: 17 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Vanadium, Uranium, Vanadium, Uranium, Clay. 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
Jim Lee No. 1 MineVanadium, UraniumPast ProducerCarnotite
Texaco #1 Nav-ZHelium, Petroleum (Oil)Past Producer1968, 1969
Texaco Z-1 NavHeliumPast Producer
Unidentified Clay OccurrenceClayOccurrence
North MesaUraniumPast Producer
Unnamed Uranium DepositUraniumOccurrence
Unnamed Uranium DepositUraniumOccurrence
Unnamed Uranium DepositUraniumOccurrence
Uranium DepositUraniumUnknown
Barton No. 4 MineUranium, VanadiumPast ProducerCarnotite

Every working recorded in Apache 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
Teec Nos Pos4.1 miles18
Horse Mesa11.3 miles18
Emmanuel Mission16.2 miles18
Red Mesa16.8 miles18
Totacon17.1 miles18
Red Rock18.0 miles18
Yazzi20.7 miles18
Cove21.5 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24664. 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.