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One of 43 National Register listings published here for Gila County · listed in 1988 · category: Building · built in 1941.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Diamond Point Lookout Cabin
Built in 1941. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Tonto National Forest, Tonto Village, 85541
- When was it listed? January 1988
- Category. building
- Also known as. National Forest Fire Lookouts in the Southwestern Region TR
- Census division. Payson
- When was it built? 1941
- National Register reference number. 87002493 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
313 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 313 fires within 5 miles of Diamond Point Lookout Cabin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 242 acres in total. 198 started naturally. 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 198 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | MAYFIELD |
| 8 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | CAVE |
| 4 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | TIGER |
| 3 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | LION |
| 28 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | HUNTER |
| 25 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | PONDEROSA |
| 25 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | CAVE |
| 23 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | MOTOR |
Mines and quarries near this property
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Diamond Point Lookout Cabin: 3 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Quartz, Semiprecious Gemstone, Copper, Uranium, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Rim | Quartz, Semiprecious Gemstone | Producer | ||
| Ezell Claims | Silver | Prospect | ||
| Hillside Clai3 | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Neptune Property | Uranium, Copper | Prospect |
Map coverage status
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.
Listed places nearby
1 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thompson Draw Summer Homes Unit 1 Historic District | 5.2 miles | 2014 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 87002493 in Record Group 79. |
| Gila County | All 43 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.