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Wranglers Roost, Arizona

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Deer Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85087. It lies near Gavilan Peak. The Survey maps it on the Daisy Mountain quadrangle. It stands 2,083 feet above sea level.

Wranglers Roost within Maricopa County

On record in Wranglers Roost

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

321 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 321 fires within 5 miles of Wranglers Roost between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,651 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined265
Equipment and vehicle use14
Smoking13
Firearms and explosives use9
Natural8
Debris and open burning3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1
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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDaisy Mountain Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department335330
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-101116
7 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeBOUSE WASH
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Central DistrictSILVA
30 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department362779
3 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreDaisy Mountain Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
27 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDaisy Mountain Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maricopa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Wranglers Roost: 7 occurrences, 4 unknowns, 3 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Silica, Copper, Silver, Gold. 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
Big Boulder DepositIron, Aluminum, Calcium, Titanium, Magnesite, Phosphorus-Phosphates, SilicaOccurrence
Big Boulder and Iron Ridge ProspectManganese, IronOccurrenceHausmannite, Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite, Martite, Pyrolusite
Brian LodeSilica, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, CopperOccurrence
Brian LodeCopper, Silver, Aluminum, Calcium, Gold, Iron, SilicaProspect
Daisy MineCopperOccurrenceUnknown
Murray Sericite & TuffPumiceProspect
Murray Sericite and TuffVolcanic Materials, MicaOccurrenceTuff
Table Mesa SlateBloating Material, Slate, DimensionPast ProducerSlate
White StarFeldspar, Barium-BariteOccurrence
Daisy MineCopper, Silver, GoldPast Producer

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
New River1.3 miles18
Anthem4.3 miles16
Road Junction Windmill10.2 miles23
Cave Creek10.6 miles20
Dove Valley Ranch11.2 miles20
Carefree Foothills12.3 miles20
Carefree12.5 miles20
Desert Wind13.1 miles20

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Wranglers RoostAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8037571The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 36403. 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.