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Whitetail, Arizona

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Tucson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85619. It lies near Organization Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Mount Bigelow quadrangle.

Whitetail within Pima County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 24 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

610 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 610 fires within 5 miles of Whitetail between 1992 and 2020, burning about 84,497 acres in total. 262 started naturally. 18 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
Natural262
Recreation and ceremony203
Missing data/not specified/undetermined87
Arson/incendiarism18
Smoking13
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks1

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 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoronado National ForestDITCH
9 September 1995Naturalunder an acreCoronado National ForestPECK
7 September 2009Naturalunder an acreCoronado National ForestALDER
7 September 1995Natural1.5 acresCoronado National ForestGUTHRIE II
7 September 1995Naturalunder an acreCoronado National ForestCARTER
7 September 1995Naturalunder an acreCoronado National ForestRADIO
6 September 2012Naturalunder an acreCoronado National ForestALDER
6 September 1996Naturalunder an acreCoronado National ForestSCOUT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pima County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Whitetail: 10 past producers, 7 occurrences, 4 producers, 2 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Tungsten, Silver, Gold, Copper, 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
Catalina GroupCopper, Gold, Silver, TungstenPast Producer
Daily MineCopper, Silver, Gold, TungstenPast Producer
Geesman GroupCopper, Tungsten, Silver, GoldProducer1937, 1948
Geesman Mine GroupCopper, Silver, Tungsten, Gold, UraniumPast Producer
Hartman Homestake MineCopper, Lead, Zinc, SilverPast Producer1947, 1948
Leatherwood GroupCopper, Silver, Lead, GoldProducer1939, 1965
Leatherwood Mine GroupCopper, Gold, Silver, Lead, UraniumPast Producer
Metal ReserveCopper, SilverOccurrence
Oracle RidgeCopper, Gold, Silver, IronProducer1900, 1937
Stratton MineCopper, Molybdenum, Silver, GoldPast ProducerBornite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite

Every working recorded in Pima 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
Soldier Camp1.2 miles24
Willow Canyon2.3 miles24
Summerhaven2.4 miles23
Loma Linda2.9 miles23
Skyline Bel Aire Estates10.4 miles26
Tanque Verde10.9 miles24
Catalina12.0 miles21
Indian Ridge Estates12.3 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 41792. 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.