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Valley Farms, Arizona

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Florence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85191. The Survey maps it on the Valley Farms quadrangle. It stands 1,480 feet above sea level.

Valley Farms within Pinal County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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.

Photographs

8 of 20 photographs shown, 1940

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Little boy with sack of vegetables from the community garden at the Casa Grande Valley Farms, Pinal County, Arizona
Little boy with sack of vegetables from the community garden at the Casa Grande Valley Farms, Pinal County, Arizona
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Breeder house for chickens at the Casa Grande Valley Farms. Pinal County, Arizona
Breeder house for chickens at the Casa Grande Valley Farms. Pinal County, Arizona
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Back of house at the Casa Grande Valley Farms. Pinal County, Arizona
Back of house at the Casa Grande Valley Farms. Pinal County, Arizona
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Guernsey heifer at the Casa Grande Valley Farms. Pinal County, Arizona. Her dam on test yielded 760 pounds of butterfat in 365 days, milked about twice a day. "A great Guernsey" the herdman said
Guernsey heifer at the Casa Grande Valley Farms. Pinal County, Arizona. Her dam on test yielded 760 pounds of butterfat in 365 days, milked about twice a day. "A great Guernsey" the herdman said
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Children dropping their collection nickles on the open Bible at the Sunday school at the community house of the Casa Grande Valley Farms. Pinal County, Arizona
Children dropping their collection nickles on the open Bible at the Sunday school at the community house of the Casa Grande Valley Farms. Pinal County, Arizona
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
General view of dairy, office building and dairy stock pens at Casa Grande Valley Farms, Pinal County, Arizona
General view of dairy, office building and dairy stock pens at Casa Grande Valley Farms, Pinal County, Arizona
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Member of the Casa Grande Valley Farms using an electric drill in making repairs for hay chopper. Pinal County, Arizona
Member of the Casa Grande Valley Farms using an electric drill in making repairs for hay chopper. Pinal County, Arizona
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Weighing milk in the Casa Grande Valley Farms. Pinal County, Arizona
Weighing milk in the Casa Grande Valley Farms. Pinal County, Arizona
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress

Every photograph of Pinal County

Fires near this place

97 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Valley Farms between 1992 and 2020, burning about 490 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 were 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/undetermined61
Debris and open burning16
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

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
23 September 1992Arson/incendiarism120 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
18 September 1993Debris and open burning30 acresPima AgencyCHIN RD
26 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
22 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeADAMSVILLE
21 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
19 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorence Fire Departmentnot named
19 August 1993Smokingunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
14 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeRIVER BOTTOM

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pinal County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Valley Farms: 11 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Gold, Molybdenum, Copper, Lead, Silver, Tungsten. 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
F M Jackson PropertyGold, Molybdenum, Copper, Lead, Silver, TungstenOccurrence
FlorenceCopper Sulfide, Copper Oxide, MolybdenumProspect1969
Oro Negro Mining Co PropertiesIronProspect
Stone QuarryStonePast Producer
Coolidge Pit & Plant #7380Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pinal 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
Adamsville1.7 miles19
Coolidge3.8 miles21
Florence4.4 miles19
Borree Corner6.0 miles21
Randolph6.1 miles21
Cactus Forest7.0 miles15
Blackwater7.8 miles17
La Palma8.3 miles21

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 Valley FarmsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7912044The 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 13168. 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.