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Webb, Arizona

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Phoenix census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85355. The Survey maps it on the El Mirage quadrangle.

Webb within Maricopa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

386 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 386 fires within 5 miles of Webb between 1992 and 2020, burning about 171 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined355
Arson/incendiarism15
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes1
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
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEl Mirage Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSun City Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
4 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreEl Mirage Fire Department3065
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-111961
4 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAIRLINE CANAL
27 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-111966
24 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office153991
23 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEl Mirage Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maricopa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Webb: 8 producers, 3 past producers, 2 unknowns, 2 occurrences. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Halite, Salt, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Alonzo Elder Muscovite #1MicaProducer
Luke Salt Body - Southwest Salt MineHalite, Gypsum-AnhydriteProducer1968
Halite OccurrenceSaltOccurrence
Solid Salt OccurrenceHaliteOccurrence
Southwest Mine & MillSaltProducer
Southwest SaltSaltProducer
Unidentified Halite OccurrenceHalitePast ProducerHalite
Allied Concrete PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Allied Concrete,Sand & Gravel PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Maricopa County

Storms near this place

3 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Webb in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2018Thunderstorm WindWebb$10,000Thunderstorms with gusty outflow winds moved across the western portions of the greater Phoenix area during the evening hours on July 30th. Some of the stronger storms generated gusty outflow winds at least as high as 60 mph. The strong and gusty winds resulted in a power outage near and to the east of Luke Air Forecast Base, according to a trained weather spotter. The spotter indicated that power was out near the intersection of Glendale Avenue and Litchfield Road. No mention was made with regard to power lines or poles down in the area however.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindWebb$10,000Thunderstorms with very strong winds developed across the western portion of the greater Phoenix metropolitan area during the late afternoon hours on July 29th and one particularly strong storm affected Luke Air Force Base. At about 1700MST the storm generated an outflow wind measured at 83 mph by the official AWOS weather station at the base. According to federal officials, the strong winds downed several trees and caused a variety of minor damage to the air force base. No injuries were reported however.
September 2019Flash FloodWebb-Lines of showers and thunderstorms moved through the western portions of the greater Phoenix area during the very early morning hours on September 24th and some of the stronger storms continued to produce very heavy rains with peak rain rates well in excess of one inch per hour. The heavy rain led to an episode of flash flooding that occurred near the communities of Surprise and Waddell. According to a local broadcast media report, at about 0000MST heavy rains 2 miles south of Waddell resulted in the closure of Reems Road. No accidents were reported due to the flooding. A Flash Flood Warning had been issued about 30 minutes prior to the flooding.

Every storm 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
Bumstead1.5 miles19
Wayne2.4 miles18
LaLoma Ranch2.7 miles19
Fennemore3.4 miles18
Citrus Park4.1 miles18
Litchfield Park4.1 miles23
Goldbadge4.3 miles19
Youngtown4.4 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24681. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.