Vanar, Arizona
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Bowie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85632. It lies near Powers Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Vanar quadrangle. It stands 3,917 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1917 USGS San Simon quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1928 USGS Chenoweth quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Vanar quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Vanar quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1987 USGS Vanar quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Willcox quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Vanar quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
24 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Vanar between 1992 and 2018, burning about 85 acres in total. 1 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 | 15 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Gila District Office | MINERAL MOUNTAIN |
| 16 August 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | DAVID |
| 9 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Gila District Office | RUCA |
| 3 July 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | SAN |
| 17 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Gila District Office | BURRO |
| 30 June 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Gila District Office | SIMON |
| 28 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Gila District Office | SIMON |
| 22 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Gila District Office | RAIL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 31 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Vanar: 25 producers, 4 past producers, 2 occurrences. 25 still produce. What was taken out: Geothermal, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beck | Zinc, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Beck Mine | Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1885, 1936 | |
| Ester Mine | Copper, Iron | Occurrence | 1956 | |
| Mineral Mountain Mine | Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | 1904 | |
| Mineral Mountain Mine | Silver, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel | |
| Unnamed Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sand and Gravel | |
| Unnamed Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sand and Gravel | |
| Name Unknown | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheeler Place | 1.7 miles | 18 | |
| San Simon | 7.3 miles | 18 | |
| Yellow Hammer Mill | 13.3 miles | 17 | |
| Olga | 14.6 miles | 17 | |
| Taylor Place | 16.7 miles | 18 | |
| Hilltop | 19.6 miles | 21 | |
| Galeyville | 21.1 miles | 22 | |
| Bowie | 21.6 miles | 17 |
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 Vanar | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q38249315 | 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 24673. 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.









