Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
One of 76 National Register listings published here for Cochise County · listed in 1980 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Bisbee Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,669 acres in total. 20 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Bisbee Fire Department | not named |
| 16 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 11 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast District | KINLEY |
| 14 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | BACKPACK |
| 12 August 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast District | MULE MOUNTAIN |
| 7 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | 346 COMPLEX |
| 7 July 1996 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 25 July 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 91 workings within 5 miles of Bisbee Historic District: 74 past producers, 7 prospects, 6 occurrences, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Manganese, Gold, Silver, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boras Mine | Copper, Manganese, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | 1917 | |
| Briggs Mine | Copper, Lead, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Campbell | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Bismuth, Indium, Tin | Past Producer | ||
| Campbell Mine | Copper, Manganese, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Caretto Claim Group | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | Galena | |
| Cochise Queen | Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Copper Queen Mine | Copper, Gemstone, Semiprecious Gemstone, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1877, 1881 | |
| Cuprite | Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Czar Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Denn Mine | Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Bismuth | Past Producer | 1905, 1909, 1973 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bisbee, the town this property stands in, in 24 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 16 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Bisbee | $50,000 | Scattered thunderstorms produced locally heavy rainfall near the intersection of State Highway 80 and Old Divide Road, approximately 2 miles northwest of Bisbee. Rainfall was not excessively heavy, with radar estimates of near 1.25 inch. However, an earlier fire burned hillsides in the area in May 2009, leaving the landscape prone to flash flooding. Flooding and debris flows destroyed portions of the road and surrounding culverts, and forced the closure of Old Divide Road. |
| November 2019 | Heavy Rain | Bisbee | $20,000 | Three inches of rain fell in Bisbee from midday on November 27 into the morning hours of November 28. A day later, a retention wall failed as a result. The debris from this failed wall caused the closure of a section of Shearer Avenue in Bisbee. |
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | Bisbee | $15,000 | Two to four inches of rain in less than two hours caused flash flooding from east of Sierra Vista to north of Bisbee to Elfrida. Floodwaters deposited several rocks on State Rte. 80 near N. Old Divide Rd. northwest of Bisbee and caused the closure of Moson and Escapule Rds and the junction of State Rtes. 80 and 90 east of Sierra Vista. Along Davis Rd. near mile post 13, six motorists were rescued from three vehicles amidst floodwaters. Courtland and Jefferson Rds, northwest of Elfrida were also closed due to flooding. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Bisbee | $10,000 | Water flowing across the road on State Route 92 near milepost 341 caused a vehicle to roll over. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Bisbee | $5,000 | Excessive rainfall and low visibility contributed to a fatal accident on Highway 92 near Hereford. The Cochise County emergency dispatch facility flooded along with Highway 80 at Davis road. In this location two vehicles were stuck in high water. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Bisbee | $5,000 | The police department in the Town of Bisbee reported that several streets were flooded and impassable, as well as one home impacted by flood waters. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bisbee | $3,000 | Damage to roof due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
| January 2026 | Heavy Rain | Bisbee | $500 | Heavy rainfall caused an anchor became loose leading to a power outage to 1400 people. A nearby CWOP station reported a rainfall total of 1.49 inches. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Bisbee | - | Heavy rain of 2-3 in 1 hour caused flash flooding and rock slides across Route 80 northwest of Bisbee. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Bisbee | - | Heavy rain of 1.5 in less than 1 hour caused flash flooding and the closure of Route 80 northwest of Bisbee. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bisbee | - | A mesonet station in Bisbee measured wind gusts to 58 MPH. |
| August 2019 | Flash Flood | Bisbee | - | Around an inch of rain in the northern Mule Mountains in less than an hour caused Davis Road to become closed due to flooding flooding near mile post 13. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Bisbee | - | Heavy rain caused flash flooding along Highway 80 northwest of Bisbee. |
| August 2011 | Flash Flood | Bisbee | - | Cochise County Emergency Manager reported water across Highway 90 at several locations from Sierra Vista to Bisbee. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Bisbee | - | Banning Creek flooded along Highway 82. Several homes were temporarily cutoff from the main road. |
| August 2010 | Hail | Bisbee | - | Law enforcement reported penny size hail covering the ground at mule tunnel northwest of Bisbee. |
| August 2006 | Flash Flood | Bisbee | - | A trained spotter reported that there was three to four inches of water covering the road at the intersection of Highway 80 and Naco Road in the Town of Bisbee. |
| August 2005 | Hail | Bisbee | - | The Bisbee Police Department reported three quarter inch hail. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Bisbee | - | Rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches across a portion of Cochise County caused several roads to be flooded and impassable. |
| July 1998 | Flash Flood | Bisbee | - | Thunderstorms dumping heavy rain caused flooding in downtown bisbee with reports of water up to bumpers on cars with many street closures. Washes were reported running full in the Sierra Vista area. |
| July 1998 | Flash Flood | Bisbee | - | A thunderstorm dumping over an inch of rain in one hour caused flooding of roads and streets in Bisbee making them impassable. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Bisbee | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bisbee | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Flash Flood | Bisbee | - | no account filed |
6 papers published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 8,330 issues, 68,184 pages. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.
| Newspaper | Published |
|---|---|
| The Weekly Orb | 1896 to 1900 |
| The Arizona Daily Orb | 1898 to 1900 |
| Cochise Review and Arizona Daily Orb | 1900 to 1901 |
| Cochise Review | 1900 to 1901 |
| Bisbee Daily Review | 1901 to 1971 |
| Brewery Gulch Gazette | 1931 to 1987 |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Bisbee Woman's Club Clubhouse | 0.2 miles | 1985 |
 | Phelps Dodge General Office Building | 0.3 miles | 1971 |
 | St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church | 0.3 miles | 1995 |
 | Muheim House | 0.4 miles | 1979 |
 | Bisbee Residential Historic District | 0.8 miles | 2010 |
 | Evergreen Cemetery | 1.7 miles | 2005 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 80004487 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Cochise County | All 76 listed properties in this county. |
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