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Verde Glen, Arizona

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Payson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85541. It stands on Dry Dude Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kehl Ridge quadrangle.

Verde Glen within Gila County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 23 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

451 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 451 fires within 5 miles of Verde Glen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 20,757 acres in total. 333 started naturally. 6 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
Natural333
Recreation and ceremony62
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Debris and open burning9
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes1
Firearms and explosives use1
Fireworks1

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 2011Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestPRAIRIE
9 September 2009Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestCHASE
8 September 1995Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestPERLEY
7 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTonto National ForestVERDE
7 September 2014Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestWASHINGTON
7 September 2002Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresTonto National ForestBON
7 September 2002Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestDRY
7 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoconino National ForestLEE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gila County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Verde Glen: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Gila 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
Washington Park1.9 miles23
Whispering Pines1.9 miles23
Bonita Creek Estates2.8 miles26
Beaver Valley Estates4.4 miles23
Geronimo Estates5.1 miles23
Ellison Creek Estates5.2 miles25
La Cienega5.3 miles25
Wonder Valley5.6 miles23

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.

Wikidata item Q122561931The 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 2056524. 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.