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Villa Monte Vista, Arizona

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Phoenix census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85040. The Survey maps it on the Phoenix quadrangle.

Villa Monte Vista within Maricopa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

1,860 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,860 fires within 5 miles of Villa Monte Vista between 1993 and 2020, burning about 583 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 45 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/undetermined1784
Arson/incendiarism45
Natural24
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department334642
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department334604
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department334484
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department333482
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Departmentnot named
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office154830
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-111663
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department331660

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maricopa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Villa Monte Vista: 10 producers, 9 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Clay, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Gabitzsch-OwensTungsten, CopperProspect
Muscovite Placer-Pat. 2964MicaUnknown
Sanner PitGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerMetamorphic
Skanner PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Gold Bond Building Products Div.Gypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Phoenix BrickyardClayPlant
Phoenix PlantGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Tolleson Clay PitClayProducer
Arizona S&R, Main PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Maricopa 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
South Phoenix1.2 miles26
Citrus Hills1.3 miles26
La Montana del Sur1.7 miles26
Patrick Park1.9 miles26
Cimarron3.4 miles23
Wonder Rift3.6 miles26
Phoenix3.8 miles26
Contempo Tempe4.4 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 25181. 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.