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Catfish Paradise, Arizona

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Bullhead City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86436. It stands on Warm Springs Wash. The Survey maps it on the Topock quadrangle.

Catfish Paradise within Mohave County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 26 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

88 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Catfish Paradise between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,322 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined57
Equipment and vehicle use8
Arson/incendiarism8
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Firearms and explosives use1
Fireworks1

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
29 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColorado River DistrictLAMB WELL
29 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined328 acresLake Havasu Refuges ComplexSACRAMENTO
12 September 1999Natural20 acresLake Havasu Refuges ComplexCATFISH
8 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
5 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado River DistrictTOPOCK
31 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLake Havasu Refuges ComplexCOORS ISLAND
21 August 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresColorado River DistrictRATLESNAKE
21 August 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreLake Havasu Refuges ComplexFLARE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mohave County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Catfish Paradise: 2 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice. 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
Last MinuteCopperProspect
Self BentonitePumiceProspect
Unnamed Clay OccurrenceClayOccurrence
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Mohave County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Topock1.8 miles26
Fivemile Landing3.6 miles25
Powell5.9 miles26
Arizona Village9.1 miles25
Franconia11.6 miles26
Willow Valley13.1 miles22
Mohave Valley14.0 miles22
Desert Hills14.5 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24348. 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.