BlockCedar, Arizona
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Lake Havasu City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86438. The Survey maps it on the Diamond Joe Peak quadrangle. It stands 4,459 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1923 USGS Signal quadrangle1:250000
- 1942 USGS Signal quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Diamond Joe Peak quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Bagdad quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Cedar between 1995 and 2016, burning about 9,390 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2012 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Colorado River District | GRAPEVINE SPRING |
| 21 July 2005 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Phoenix District Office | TIDE |
| 29 June 2016 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Colorado River District | CROW |
| 13 June 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9,380 acres | Phoenix District Office | STOVE |
| 25 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Colorado River District | 45 E |
| 4 November 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | BEECHER |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 24 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Cedar: 8 past producers, 7 occurrences, 5 prospects, 4 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Lead, Zinc, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Joe | Lead, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Golden Comstock Mine | Silver, Copper, Molybdenum, Gold, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Hopkins Claim | Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite | Prospect | ||
| Jeanene Beryl | Semiprecious Gemstone, Granite | Prospect | ||
| Jeanene Claim Group | Beryllium | Occurrence | Beryl | |
| Leviathan Mine | Molybdenum, Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | 1943 | |
| Mary Nevada | Lead, Silver, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Prospect Near Old Millsite | Copper, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver, Lead | Occurrence | Malachite, Molybdenite | |
| Silver King Claims | Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite | |
| Cedar Group | Silver, Gold | Past Producer |
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.
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 Cedar | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5056555 | 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 24350. 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.