BlockWhispering Pines, Arizona
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 2005. It stands in the Clifton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85922. It lies near Box Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Maness Peak quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 14 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.
- 1922 USGS Nutrioso quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Blue quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Nutrioso quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Maness Peak quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Maness Peak quadrangle1:24000
- 2005 USGS Maness Peak quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
137 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Whispering Pines between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,892 acres in total. 128 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 128 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2009 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | MIDDLE |
| 7 September 2018 | Natural | 306 acres | Gila National Forest | NOLAND |
| 29 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | NEEDLES |
| 21 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | NOLAN |
| 19 September 2002 | Natural | 945 acres | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | CAT |
| 11 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | MILLIGAN |
| 1 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | BOBCAT |
| 8 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | CAMERON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlton Vista | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Blue Vista | 7.8 miles | 14 | |
| Blue | 8.7 miles | 14 | |
| Cleaveland | 11.9 miles | 14 | |
| Sprucedale | 14.4 miles | 14 | |
| Hannagan Meadow | 15.4 miles | 14 | |
| Strayhorse | 18.6 miles | 14 | |
| Charlie Moore Place | 23.5 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 40132. 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.