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Washington Camp, Arizona

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1996. It lies in ZIP code area 85624. It lies near Finley and Adams Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Harshaw quadrangle.

Washington Camp within Santa Cruz County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

75 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Washington Camp between 1992 and 2020, burning about 32,598 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 1 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
Recreation and ceremony37
Natural16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism1
Debris and open burning1
Smoking1

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
4 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoronado National ForestWILLOW SPRINGS
17 September 1992Natural75 acresCoronado National ForestBORDER
8 August 2003Natural5.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeDRAGOON MOUNTAIN
25 August 2012Natural3.0 acresCoronado National ForestTORDILLO
6 July 2003Natural3.0 acresCoronado National ForestCHINO
29 July 1996Natural15 acresCoronado National ForestITALIAN
25 July 2014Natural2.0 acresCoronado National ForestCORRAL
22 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office352

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Cruz County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 127 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 127 workings within 5 miles of Washington Camp: 77 past producers, 20 producers, 16 prospects, 13 occurrences. 20 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Augusta MineLead, Silver, Manganese, Gold, ZincPast Producer
Belmont MineCopper, Zinc, Gold, Lead, Molybdenum, SilverPast Producer
Bender MineManganese, Silver, Lead, Zinc, CopperProducer1875, 1880, 1959
Bender PropertySilver, Zinc, Lead, ManganesePast Producer
Benton MineCopper, Molybdenum, GoldOccurrence1882
Black Eagle GroupLead, Zinc, Manganese, SilverPast Producer
Bonanza MineCopper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Manganese, MolybdenumPast Producer1882, 1889, 1961
Bullwhacker MineLead, Silver, Manganese, Copper, Zinc, GoldProducer1880, 1948
California - Grasshopper ProspectsLead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, GoldPast Producer1900, 1951
ColossaManganese, Iron, SilicaProducer

Every working recorded in Santa Cruz 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
Duquesne0.8 miles23
Lochiel4.8 miles23
Harshaw5.9 miles22
Trench Camp6.0 miles22
Kino Springs6.4 miles19
Beyerville9.9 miles20
Patagonia11.4 miles22
Nogales13.2 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 35906. 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.