Wheeler Place, Arizona
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Bowie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85632. It lies near Powers Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Doubtful Canyon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1917 USGS San Simon quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1926 USGS Orange Butte quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS San Simon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS San Simon quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS San Simon quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1987 USGS Doubtful Canyon quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Willcox quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Doubtful Canyon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
22 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Wheeler Place between 1992 and 2018, burning about 16 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Gila District Office | MINERAL MOUNTAIN |
| 16 August 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | DAVID |
| 9 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Gila District Office | RUCA |
| 3 July 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | SAN |
| 17 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Gila District Office | BURRO |
| 30 June 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Gila District Office | SIMON |
| 28 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Gila District Office | SIMON |
| 22 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Gila District Office | RAIL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Wheeler Place: 9 past producers, 5 producers, 5 occurrences, 1 prospect. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Manganese, Geothermal, Gold, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beck | Zinc, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Beck Mine | Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1885, 1936 | |
| Eloro Mine | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Ester Mine | Copper, Iron | Occurrence | 1956 | |
| Steins Pass | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | 1875 | |
| Unnamed Rhyolite Stone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | Rhyolite | |
| Volcano Mine | Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | 1885, 1982 | |
| Federal Group | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Chlorargyrite, Gold | |
| Sixty-Six Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Coyle Mine | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Vein |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanar | 1.7 miles | 19 | |
| San Simon | 7.6 miles | 18 | |
| Yellow Hammer Mill | 12.8 miles | 17 | |
| Olga | 14.8 miles | 17 | |
| Taylor Place | 18.2 miles | 18 | |
| Hilltop | 21.3 miles | 21 | |
| Bowie | 21.8 miles | 17 | |
| Galeyville | 22.8 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 25460. 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.










