Electrical permit history — 6241 E 15th St

6241 E 15th St, Tucson — built 1957, with 4 permits on record. Review electrical, HVAC and remodel history with links to official records.

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6241 E 15th St

Built 1957 — post-war 60–100 A service era · 4 permits on record; no permitted panel/service or HVAC work among them

Parcel
128020830
Built
1957 (county record)
Jurisdiction
Tucson
Zoning
R-1
Assessor use
Sfr Grade 010-3 Urban Subdivided
Parcel size
0.19 acres
Sewer
Connection on file (1967) (county sewer connection records)
Historic preservation
Not on file (City of Tucson HP layers)
Typical original service for a 1957 home
approximately 60–100 A

See the property

County aerial photograph centered on 6241 E 15th St, parcel outlined

Pima County orthophoto (Pictometry 2024 / PAG 2023 / NAIP 2023 mosaic) — parcel outlined in yellow. Aerials can predate recent work and show nothing about what is inside; context, not evidence.

Flood and drainage — two different maps

The federal flood map and the local one are not the same map, and they do not always agree. FEMA’s is the insurance map. Pima County’s Regional Flood Control District and the City of Tucson regulate against their own, and that is the one a permit here is judged against.

FEMA flood hazard (federal)
FEMA flood hazard (federal) for 6241 E 15th St, Tucson area, Arizona

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer — zones and base-flood-elevation contours. Federal insurance mapping. Open this property on FEMA’s official flood map ↗

Local regulatory floodplain (county and City)
Local regulatory floodplain (county and City) for 6241 E 15th St, Tucson area, Arizona

Pima County RFCD local floodplains, floodways, sheet-flooding and erosion hazard areas, with the City of Tucson’s own mapped flood hazards. This is the map local floodplain regulation uses.

Parcel outlined in yellow. Both maps are drawn live from the agencies’ own map services at the same extent, so you can compare them directly. They are context for planning, not a floodplain determination — for that, ask the floodplain administrator for the jurisdiction shown below.

  • FEMA: the federal flood layer did not answer when this page was built. That is a lookup failure, not a statement about the property.
  • Pima County RFCD: No Pima County regulated local floodplain, floodway, sheet-flooding area or erosion hazard area is mapped at this location. That is the county's map, not a statement about drainage on the site.
  • Base flood elevation: the county maps 6 BFE contours near this parcel, 2581.6–2591 ft NAVD88. Those are contour lines near the property, not an elevation certified for this site.

Is it time to upgrade?

  • Electrical service & panelNot in this windowNothing in the permit records we read for this parcel that names this system. That does not tell you the service is original — only that nothing has been permitted here recently. The build year is the better clue, and it is above.
  • Heating & coolingNot in this windowNothing in the permit records we read for this parcel that names this system. Cooling equipment works harder in Tucson than almost anywhere, so 12 to 15 years is a realistic service life rather than the 15 to 20 the industry quotes.
  • Water heaterGetting onLast permitted 2015 (11 years ago). T15CM06520 — WATER HEATER REPLACEMENT
  • RoofNot in this windowNothing in the permit records we read for this parcel that names this system.
  • Plumbing work on recordOn recordLast permitted 2000 (26 years ago). Plumbing permits cover everything from a full re-pipe to a few feet of sewer repair, so this is a record that work happened rather than a statement about the whole system. T00PL00419 — WATER LINE:REPLACEMENT

A found permit means a lot. A missing one means less. We read the City of Tucson’s own permit file, not a recent extract of it — back to about 2006, and into the 1990s on properties with that much history. Microfiche before then was never fully digitised. Every record links to the city’s official file. A blank line does not say nothing was done: work gets done without permits all the time. The only way to know what is actually installed is to look at it.

What that usually means electrically

  • Era-based check — high priority

    60–100 A was standard. That is enough for a mid-century house, not for a modern kitchen, HVAC, and an EV. The permit record does not confirm this; an on-site inspection is required.

  • Era-based check — high priority

    Federal Pacific (Stab-Lok) and Zinsco/Sylvania panels were sold through this period. Stab-Lok breakers have a documented history of failing to trip internally; Zinsco breakers can weld to the bus so the handle moves without breaking the circuit. In both cases a replacement breaker does not resolve it — the panel itself is what gets replaced. The permit record does not confirm this; an on-site inspection is required.

  • Era-based check

    Grounded branch circuits did not become the norm until the early 1960s — much of the original wiring here is likely ungrounded. The permit record does not confirm this; an on-site inspection is required.

  • Era-based check

    Cloth-jacketed NM cable is common in this era. The jacket embrittles with age and heat, particularly in Tucson attics. The permit record does not confirm this; an on-site inspection is required.

Most recent permit on record for this parcel: 2015-09-18 (T15CM06520) — WATER HEATER REPLACEMENT.

Permit history (4)

Permit history for this parcel — 4 of 4 records
DateRecordWhatStatusValue
2015-09-18finaledT15CM06520City permit recordCOMBOWATER HEATER REPLACEMENTFinal
2015-07-27finaledT15CM05141City permit recordCOMBONEW SPLIT SYSTEM/GASFinal
2002-03-14finaledT02ME00139City permit recordMECHREPLACE:EVAP COOLER (APA)Final
2000-02-22finaledT00PL00419City permit recordPLUMBWATER LINE:REPLACEMENTFinal

How to read the status column: Final / Complete / C of O — city records show the permit was finalized. Issued — the work was permitted, but final completion is not confirmed. Applied / In review / Approved / Fees paid — proposed, not completion. Expired — the permit expired without a confirmed final status. Void / Withdrawn / Canceled — not evidence the work was installed. Any other status is shown exactly as the issuing office records it, without a completion reading.

Record numbers link to the City of Tucson’s official file. Highlighted rows are the ones that imply electrical work or an unpermitted-work finding.

This is an inference from public records — the year a structure was built, how it is classified, and what has been permitted. It is not an inspection, and nothing here confirms what is actually installed at this address. The only way to know is to look in the panel. See an error in this public-record report? Report a correction · About this data.

Utility and upgrade pathElectric service here is Tucson Electric Power (TEP). A service or panel upgrade needs a TEP meter release and has to meet TEP’s service requirements — meter height and location, clearances, and the point of attachment. See TEP new-service requirements and the TEP standards notes.

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The contractor’s read is a plain-English brief of the record above, written by AI — what it shows across electrical, mechanical and the building itself, what is missing for the era, and what to verify on site.

How this report was built

This is a reading of public records for parcel 128020830 — 4 permits on file from 2000 to 2015 (2 combo, 1 mech, 1 plumb) — assembled from the Pima County parcel file, the City of Tucson’s Property Research Online file (permits back to about 2006, further on some parcels), and the City’s GIS permit and code-enforcement layers (2022 onward). Public records last checked 2026-08-18; the record is re-read at least weekly. Each permit and code case links to its official file. The verdicts are inferences from what was permitted and when, and from the era the building went up; they are not an inspection, and nothing here confirms what is installed. A permit that is present is strong evidence; a permit that is absent is weak evidence — plenty of work is never permitted, and older county records were only partly moved online.

The interactive version of this report can also read the plan sheets behind a City of Tucson permit and write a contractor’s brief of the whole record — those buttons appear once the page finishes loading. Written and maintained by Arizona Electrical Solutions, LLC, a licensed Tucson contractor (ROC 276948 CR-11 electrical, ROC 326401 CR-39 HVAC, ROC 329360 KB-1, ROC 312437 KA).

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