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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1922 USGS Red Rock No 2 quadrangle1:48000
- 1934 USGS Newman Peak quadrangle1:125000
- 1956 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Valley Farms quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Valley Farms quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Casa Grande quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Photographs
8 of 20 photographs shown, 1940Taken 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.
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Every photograph of Pinal County
Fires near this place
97 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 61 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 120 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 18 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Pima Agency | CHIN RD |
| 26 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 22 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | ADAMSVILLE |
| 21 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 19 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florence Fire Department | not named |
| 19 August 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 14 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | RIVER BOTTOM |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F M Jackson Property | Gold, Molybdenum, Copper, Lead, Silver, Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Florence | Copper Sulfide, Copper Oxide, Molybdenum | Prospect | 1969 | |
| Oro Negro Mining Co Properties | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Stone Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Coolidge Pit & Plant #7380 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adamsville | 1.7 miles | 19 | |
| Coolidge | 3.8 miles | 21 | |
| Florence | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Borree Corner | 6.0 miles | 21 | |
| Randolph | 6.1 miles | 21 | |
| Cactus Forest | 7.0 miles | 15 | |
| Blackwater | 7.8 miles | 17 | |
| La Palma | 8.3 miles | 21 |
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 Farms | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7912044 | The 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.









