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Village of Gila Springs, Arizona

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Chandler census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85226. The Survey maps it on the Guadalupe quadrangle.

Village of Gila Springs within Maricopa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

661 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 661 fires within 5 miles of Village of Gila Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,032 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined608
Debris and open burning14
Arson/incendiarism13
Natural7
Smoking6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1

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 acreChandler Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChandler Fire Department332401
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department332703
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTempe Fire Department1820604
7 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined300 acresPima AgencyESTRELLA
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresPima AgencyPREMIUM
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-101071
30 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maricopa County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Village of Gila Springs: 3 past producers, 3 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Tungsten, Copper. 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
ADOT Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel

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
West Chandler0.6 miles21
Suncrest Villas Chandler0.6 miles21
Crestview0.6 miles21
Prado del Sol0.6 miles21
Corona Village0.9 miles21
Glenview Estates1.0 miles21
Raintree Luxury Homes1.4 miles21
Kyrene1.6 miles21

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 Q122569222The 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 25187. 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.