BlockWhitlock Cienega, Arizona
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Safford census division. The Survey maps it on the Whitlock Cienega quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Whitlock Cienega quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Safford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Whitlock Cienega between 1992 and 2010, burning about 134 acres in total. 3 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 | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 July 1992 | Natural | 83 acres | Gila District Office | JAVALINEPK |
| 18 July 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Gila District Office | TRIFECTA |
| 14 May 1993 | Natural | 51 acres | Gila District Office | POPPY CNYN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Whitlock Cienega: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Powers | Gold, Silver | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chaney Place | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Little Franks | 10.5 miles | 17 | |
| Tanque | 11.4 miles | 10 | |
| Artesia | 22.1 miles | 11 | |
| Gripe | 22.8 miles | 12 | |
| San Jose | 22.9 miles | 12 | |
| Buena Vista | 23.4 miles | 12 | |
| Swift Trail Junction | 23.5 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24688. 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.