Wonder Valley, Arizona

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.

• 1887 USGS Verde quadrangle1:250000
• 1892 USGS Verde quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
• 1934 USGS Pine quadrangle1:48000
• 1934 USGS Pine quadrangle1:62500
• 1940 USGS Pine quadrangle1:62500
• 1952 USGS Pine quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
• 1954 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
• 1957 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
• 1958 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
• 1960 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
• 1973 USGS Payson North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
• 1981 USGS Payson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
• 2004 USGS Payson North quadrangle1:24000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 307 fires within 5 miles of Wonder Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 946 acres in total. 140 started naturally. 12 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Freedom Acres
• Beaver Valley Estates
• Flowing Springs
• Geronimo Estates
• Mesa del Caballo
• Whispering Pines

Every fire recorded in Gila County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Wonder Valley: 6 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Silver, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Gila County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 40829. 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.