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Valley View, Arizona

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Tucson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85704. The Survey maps it on the Tucson North quadrangle.

Valley View within Pima County

On record in Valley View

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 26 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

665 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 665 fires within 5 miles of Valley View between 1993 and 2020, burning about 121,267 acres in total. 36 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined607
Natural36
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking2
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Fire Rescue DistrictNOT NAMED
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTucson Fire Department1862036
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTucson Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
6 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTucson Fire Departmentnot named
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
5 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTucson Fire Department1861516
30 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTucson Fire Department1867765

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pima County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Valley View: 9 occurrences, 6 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Dumar ClaimsUraniumProspect
El Oro GroupCopper, Gold, SilverUnknown
Pontatoc MineCopper, Silver, Gold, MolybdenumPast Producer1906
Pontotoc MineCopper, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Alamo Springs Area DepositGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer1885
Alamo Springs MineGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
UnknownGeothermalOccurrence
UnknownGeothermalOccurrence
Action Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Evans Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pima 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
Casas Adobes1.5 miles26
Oracle Foothills Estates1.5 miles26
Flowing Wells2.8 miles20
Catalina Foothills3.0 miles26
Amphitheater3.2 miles26
Gardner Estates3.3 miles20
Jaynes3.6 miles20
Stockham3.7 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 35750. 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.