Cibola, Arizona
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Parker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85328. The Survey maps it on the Cibola quadrangle. 198 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 243 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresCibola grew from 172 to 198 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 172 | |
| 2010 | 250 | +78 (+45%) |
| 2020 | 198 | -52 (-21%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 22 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.
- 1942 USGS Blythe quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Cibola quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Cibola quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Cibola quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Cibola quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Trigo Mts quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
27 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Cibola between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,331 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 1 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 | 14 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Cibola National Wildlife Refuge | DAVIS LAKE |
| 18 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 9 August 2006 | Natural | 730 acres | Cibola National Wildlife Refuge | WALTERS |
| 8 August 2005 | Natural | 39 acres | Cibola National Wildlife Refuge | GAMER |
| 29 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,169 acres | Cibola National Wildlife Refuge | THREE SLASHES |
| 23 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cibola National Wildlife Refuge | RADIO |
| 22 August 2013 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Cibola National Wildlife Refuge | HART MINE |
| 17 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado River District | OXBOW |
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 Cibola: 5 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agate? Site | Quartz, Semiprecious Gemstone | Past Producer | Agate | |
| Cibola Group | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Grand Central Mine | Gold, Copper, Iron | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Grand Central Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Jupiter Prospect | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Trigo Gold Placers | Gold | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cibola in 6 storm reports between 2017 and 2022: 4 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Cibola | $15,000 | A video on social media showed a tractor trailer attempting to cross a flooded part of Highway 95 at MP 61. As the tractor trailer drove through the flowing flood waters, it quickly tipped over onto its side. According to the Arizona Department of Transportation, Highway 95 ended up closing due to the flooding. No injuries were reported. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Cibola | - | Flooding reported on US-95 near Milepost 72. No damages or injuries were reported. |
| September 2022 | Flash Flood | Cibola | - | US-95 was impassable at around mile marker 69 due to overflowing water from the washes intersecting the highway. No damages or injuries were reported. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Cibola | - | US-95 near Milepost 69 was flooded. Timing estimated from radar. No damages or injuries were reported. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cibola | - | Yuma Proving Ground Station 6 mesonet recorded a 64 mph gust. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cibola | - | Scattered thunderstorms developed across the western portion of La Paz County during the evening hours on September 7th and some of the stronger storms generated outflow wind gusts in excess of 60 mph. A mesonet weather station in far southern La Paz County, labeled YP013, measured a peak gust to 64 mph at 2016MST. The station was located 5 miles northeast of Martinez lake, northeast of Castle Dome Landing and west of Highway 95. No damage was reported due to the strong wind. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nommel Place | 16.2 miles | 21 | |
| Nortons Landing | 18.4 miles | 21 | |
| Ehrenberg | 21.2 miles | 21 | |
| Olive City (historical) | 21.6 miles | 21 | |
| Morgantown | 24.6 miles | 25 | |
| La Paz (historical) | 28.0 miles | 25 | |
| La Paz Valley | 28.7 miles | 17 | |
| Quartzsite | 33.3 miles | 17 |
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 Cibola | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1091546 | 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 24371. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.










