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Fivemile Landing, Arizona

25 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 Fivemile Wash. The Survey maps it on the Needles quadrangle.

Fivemile Landing within Mohave County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 25 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

112 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Fivemile Landing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 17,276 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined62
Arson/incendiarism13
Natural13
Recreation and ceremony10
Equipment and vehicle use6
Debris and open burning4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLake Havasu Refuges ComplexGOOSE
4 September 2003Natural1.0 acresLake Havasu Refuges ComplexKNIGHT
29 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColorado River DistrictLAMB WELL
29 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined328 acresLake Havasu Refuges ComplexSACRAMENTO
15 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLake Havasu Refuges ComplexPINTAIL
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
8 August 2015Natural6,083 acresColorado River AgencyWILLOW

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 Fivemile Landing: 2 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Self BentonitePumiceProspect
Unnamed Clay OccurrenceClayOccurrence
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Van DeemenGold, SilverProspect1941

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
Catfish Paradise3.6 miles26
Topock5.4 miles26
Arizona Village5.8 miles25
Powell7.9 miles26
Willow Valley9.7 miles22
Mohave Valley10.5 miles22
Mojave Ranch Estates11.1 miles22
Mesquite Creek12.3 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24417. 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.