Wymola, Arizona
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Florence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85141. It lies near Picacho Peak. The Survey maps it on the Newman Peak quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1934 USGS Newman Peak quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Red Rock quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Red Rock quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Newman Peak quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Casa Grande quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1996 USGS Newman Peak quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
179 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 179 fires within 5 miles of Wymola between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,664 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined | 91 |
| Smoking | 32 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 28 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast District | SUNSET |
| 28 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 21 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 20 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 18 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 17 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Wymola: 6 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Salt, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gibson Claims | Copper, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Green Monster Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | Unknown | |
| Picacho Group | Copper, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Salt | Prospect | ||
| Picacho Group | Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gold Bell Mine | Copper | Producer | Vein | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | Unknown | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | Malachite | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | Vein |
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wymola in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wymola | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged equipment causing power outage to 22 customers for an unknown duration of time. |
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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q122568564 | The 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 24696. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.










