Castle Dome Landing, Arizona
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Yuma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85365. It stands on Los Angeles Wash. The Survey maps it on the Imperial Reservoir quadrangle. It stands 203 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 25 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.
- 1929 USGS Laguna quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1942 USGS Yuma quadrangle1:250000
- 1943 USGS Laguna quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Imperial Reservoir quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Laguna quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Yuma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Imperial Reservoir quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
71 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Castle Dome Landing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,605 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 20 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado River District | SQUAW LAKE |
| 2 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Central District | MARTINEZ |
| 16 September 2008 | Natural | 22 acres | Colorado River District | RED CLOUD |
| 1 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Colorado River District | MARTINEZ ASSIST |
| 8 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Imperial National Wildlife Refuge | MCAS REC. CENTER |
| 29 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Imperial National Wildlife Refuge | CHIPPER |
| 28 August 1999 | Natural | 15 acres | Colorado River District | FLIP |
| 22 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Imperial National Wildlife Refuge | SOUTH PIONT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Castle Dome Landing: 5 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Glance Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Location | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Ayerszona | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Million Dollar Gold Mine | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Red Fox Mine | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Senator Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Yellow Dog Mine | Gold | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fishers Landing | 0.5 miles | 25 | |
| Laguna | 10.1 miles | 23 | |
| Kool Corner | 11.5 miles | 23 | |
| Kinter | 14.8 miles | 23 | |
| Dome | 15.4 miles | 24 | |
| San Dionysio (historical) | 15.7 miles | 28 | |
| Blaisdell | 17.5 miles | 20 | |
| Yuma | 18.6 miles | 27 |
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 Castle Dome Landing | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5050047 | 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 24347. 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.











