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Woodglen, Arizona

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Phoenix census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85224. The Survey maps it on the Chandler quadrangle.

Woodglen within Maricopa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

1,148 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,148 fires within 5 miles of Woodglen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 187 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1126
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural6
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Debris and open burning1

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChandler Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMesa Fire and Medical DepartmentNOT NAMED
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMesa Fire and Medical DepartmentNOT NAMED
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office153942
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office155223
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMesa Fire and Medical Department71440
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChandler Fire Department332401

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maricopa County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Woodglen: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Arizona S&R Plant #3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Chandler Ready Mix PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Maricopa 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
Bridgeport0.4 miles20
Quail Place0.5 miles20
Amberwood0.6 miles20
Cloverleaf0.8 miles20
Sunridge IV0.8 miles20
Silvergate II0.9 miles20
Womack East1.0 miles20
Mission Valley1.1 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 25225. 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.