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Photograph of Sunflower Ranger Station
Photograph by Matthew.kowal, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Sunflower Ranger Staiton

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

From the record

“The Sunflower Ranger Station, also known as Sunflower Administrative Site or Sycamore Ranger Station, in Tonto National Forest in the Sunflower district near Punkin Center, Arizona was built in 1935 by the Civilian Conservation Corps. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993 for its architecture, which is Bungalow/Craftsman in style.”

Wikipedia article Sunflower Ranger Station, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 467 National Register listings published here for Maricopa County · listed in 1993 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • Address. AZ 87 W of Punkin Center, Tonto NF, Punkin Center, 85264
  • When was it listed? June 1993
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Depression-Era USDA Forest Service Administrative Complexes in Arizona MPS
  • Census division. Tonto National Forest
  • National Register reference number. 93000528 - 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

203 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 203 fires within 5 miles of Sunflower Ranger Staiton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 24,224 acres in total. 40 started naturally. 2 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
Equipment and vehicle use81
Missing data/not specified/undetermined60
Natural40
Recreation and ceremony15
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning2
Smoking1

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
8 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTonto National Forestnot named
7 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTonto National ForestSUMMIT
29 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTonto National ForestGROVE
26 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeBLACK MESA
26 September 2000Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestEAGLE
25 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTonto National ForestRAM
21 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTonto National ForestMIDDLE
21 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTonto National ForestBUSHNELL

Every fire recorded in Maricopa County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Sunflower Ranger Staiton: 10 past producers, 7 occurrences, 5 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Sulfur-Pyrite, Gold, 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
Apex GroupMercury, Gold, Iron, Sulfur-PyriteOccurrence
Cendia ClaimsCopper, MercuryUnknown
Harrison DepositSilica, QuartzOccurrenceQuartz
Little DaisyGold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Sulfur-PyriteUnknown
Reno Pass FourClayOccurrence
Reno Pass FourKaolinProspect
StoryLead, Gold, Silver, Sulfur-PyritePast Producer
Sunflower M.S. 4290Mercury, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Tonto LeadGold, LeadOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Maricopa County

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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 93000528 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Maricopa CountyAll 467 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.