BlockDome, Arizona
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Wellton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85356. It lies in Dome Valley. The Survey maps it on the Dome quadrangle. It stands 194 feet above sea level.
On record in Dome
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
McPhaul Suspension Bridgelisted 1981
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 24 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 Dome quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:250000
- 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
- 1991 USGS Dome quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Yuma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Photographs
1 photograph, 2018Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
37 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Dome between 1994 and 2018, burning about 256 acres in total. 2 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 | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | KINTER |
| 7 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Colorado River District | NORTH GILA |
| 22 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado River District | SIPHON |
| 8 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Colorado River District | REFRIDGERATOR |
| 7 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 220 acres | Colorado River District | DOME |
| 4 July 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | GRAVITY |
| 4 July 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | STARS |
| 9 June 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | BLAISDELL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 25 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Dome: 15 past producers, 7 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Copper, Gold, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona Lead Co Mill | Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Dome Clinoptilolite | Zeolites, Bentonite | Occurrence | Bentonite, Clinoptilolite | |
| Golden Queen Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Manganese, Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | 1937 | |
| Las Flores Mine Group | Gold, Copper, Silver, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Marble Gully | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | Marble | |
| McKay Prospect | Gold, Copper, Iron | Occurrence | Gold, Hematite | |
| Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Tungsten | Prospect | ||
| Unknown | Zeolites | Occurrence | ||
| Edna Bell | Gold, Silver | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dome in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dome | $45,000 | Isolated thunderstorms developed in the area around Yuma during the afternoon hours on August 12th. Due to the excessive heat and the relatively dry character of the atmosphere, the storms were able to generate strong, gusty and damaging microburst winds. According to a trained weather spotter, at 428 pm wind gusts estimated to be at least 60 knots caused 6 power poles to be blown down near county 6th Street and Avenue 18E. This location was approximately 4 miles east of Kinter. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dome | $10,000 | Power poles down. |
| October 2022 | Flash Flood | Dome | $5,000 | A vehicle stalled in floodwaters along Aberdeen Road near Highway 95 and was assisted by the Yuma Fire Department. Timing estimated from radar. No injuries were reported. |
| September 2019 | Flash Flood | Dome | $2,000 | Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed across the southwest deserts during the morning hours on September 23rd. Some of the stronger storms generated locally heavy rains that continued into the afternoon hours. Peak rain rates were well in excess of one inch per hour and the heavy rain resulted in an episode of flash flooding that occurred to the northeast of Yuma. According to a county official, at 1100MST flash flooding occurring 18 miles north of the town of Ligurta resulted in the closure of Highway 95 between mile markers 61 and 62. A Flash Flood Warning was not in effect at the time of the flooding. No accidents were reported due to the flash flooding. |
| September 2025 | Flash Flood | Dome | - | Reports of Aberdeen Rd. being impassable. No damages or injuries reported. |
| October 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Dome | - | Thunderstorms developed across portions of the southwest deserts during the afternoon hours on October 13th, and in addition to typical threats such as gusty wind, hail and heavy rain, one of the stronger storms generated a weak and short lived tornado near the community of Yuma. The tornado was spotted by a trained spotter, and it touched down at 1722MST. The weak tornado touched down about 10 miles north of the Fortuna Foothills, near Highway 95, and it only remained on the ground for 5 minutes. No damage or injuries were reported from this tornado. Typically, tornadoes are very rare across the lower Arizona deserts and when they do form, they are typically small, weak and short lived, as this one was. |
| August 2014 | Hail | Dome | - | Strong thunderstorms developed across far southwest Arizona during the afternoon hours on August 21st, and they affected areas just to the northeast of Yuma. In addition to gusty winds, the stronger storms produced large hail. According to a meteorologist with the Yuma Proving Ground, large hail was measured about 6 miles to the north of Kinter, over open terrain to the northeast of Yuma. The diameter of the larger hailstones was measured to be one inch. No damage was reported due to the large hail. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dome | - | Downed power lines on Dome Valley Road. A woman was trapped in her car due to the downed power lines. Further, 15 power poles were downed in Dome Valley. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kinter | 1.9 miles | 23 | |
| Blaisdell | 4.5 miles | 20 | |
| Fortuna | 6.6 miles | 20 | |
| Ligurta | 6.6 miles | 19 | |
| Fortuna Foothills | 7.2 miles | 20 | |
| Laguna | 7.9 miles | 23 | |
| Kool Corner | 7.9 miles | 23 | |
| Araby | 10.1 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 Dome | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5289992 | 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 4007. 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.