Allah, Arizona
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Wickenburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85390. It stands on Monarch Wash. The Survey maps it on the Wickenburg quadrangle. It stands 1,955 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1954 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Wickenburg quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1969 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS Phoenix North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
43 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Allah between 1992 and 2020, burning about 241 acres in total. 1 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 | 36 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wickenburg Fire Department | NOT NAMED |
| 29 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 18 August 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wickenburg Fire Department | NOT NAMED |
| 29 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Phoenix District Office | MCCARROLL ROAD |
| 27 July 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 9.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 9 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Phoenix District Office | MAMMOTH |
| 8 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Central District | ECHO HILLS |
| 30 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Central District | REST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 48 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 48 workings within 5 miles of Allah: 21 past producers, 13 prospects, 7 occurrences, 6 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Copper, Copper, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambly | Beryllium, Lithium, Tungsten | Prospect | ||
| Banker Lime | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Bluebird Claims | Copper, Iron | Prospect | ||
| Comeback Claims | Lead, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Copper Hill Group | Copper, Silver | Prospect | ||
| El Centinillo | Copper, Gold, Calcium | Prospect | ||
| El Centinillo Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | 1944, 1956 | |
| El Milagro Mine | Gold, Copper | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Flamingo 21 | Copper, Gold, Silver, Sulfur-Pyrite | Occurrence | ||
| Julia | Gold, Vanadium, Lead | Prospect |
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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wickenburg | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Morristown | 6.1 miles | 17 | |
| Matthie | 7.8 miles | 18 | |
| Circle City | 9.7 miles | 17 | |
| Wittmann | 13.5 miles | 17 | |
| Forepaugh | 19.1 miles | 16 | |
| Vistancia | 22.7 miles | 17 | |
| Beardsley | 24.7 miles | 18 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Allah | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22058587 | 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 24301. 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.







