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Willow, Arizona

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Tonto Basin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85554. It lies near First Water Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Meddler Wash quadrangle.

Willow within Gila County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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

65 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Willow between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,538 acres in total. 47 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
Natural47
Recreation and ceremony7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Smoking3
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
8 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTonto National ForestHAPPY
8 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTonto National ForestSLEEPY
7 September 2005Natural2.0 acresTonto National ForestHACKBERRY
6 September 2014Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestTIN
6 September 1995Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestMINTURN
12 September 1994Naturalunder an acreTonto National Forestnot named
9 August 2000Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestTIN
8 August 1995Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestWOODY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gila County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 38 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Willow: 13 prospects, 12 past producers, 10 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Asbestos, Iron, Manganese. 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
Armer WashTungsten, ManganeseOccurrencePsilomelane
Dripping Springs Valley ChabaziteZeolites, ClayOccurrenceChabazite, Erionite
Gold Dike ClaimsCopper, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Red Bluff ProspectUranium, Copper, LeadProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite
Zimmerman-Asbestos Point ClaimsIron, Zinc, Lead, CopperOccurrenceReplacement
Jackie 1-4Copper, UraniumProspect
Dager Ranch Chabazite DepositZeolitesOccurrenceChabazite
Roosevelt Lake Chabazie DepositZeolitesOccurrenceChabazite
Roosevelt Lake Chabazite DepositZeolitesOccurrence

Every working recorded in Gila 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
Grapevine5.8 miles23
Roosevelt Estates5.9 miles23
Roosevelt Lake Estates6.5 miles23
Roosevelt Resort7.9 miles17
Rose Creek Lodge8.2 miles19
Dagger8.9 miles17
Roosevelt8.9 miles22
Aztec Lodge9.0 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 25295. 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.