Grasshopper Junction, Arizona
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Kingman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86413. The Survey maps it on the Grasshopper Junction quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 27 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.
- 1886 USGS Camp Mohave quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Camp Mohave quadrangle1:250000, 8 printings
- 1942 USGS Camp Mohave quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1967 USGS Grasshopper Junction quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Davis Dam quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
84 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Grasshopper Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,737 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined | 36 |
| Natural | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 1995 | Natural | 20 acres | Phoenix District Office | ELK |
| 28 September 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 23 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Colorado River District | WHEEL |
| 2 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Colorado River District | ONE TREE |
| 6 August 1993 | Natural | 500 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 6 August 1993 | Natural | 1,668 acres | Phoenix District Office | JUNCTION |
| 6 August 1993 | Natural | 10 acres | Phoenix District Office | SUGARLOAF |
| 6 August 1993 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Phoenix District Office | PASS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 92 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 92 workings within 5 miles of Grasshopper Junction: 48 past producers, 17 unknowns, 16 occurrences, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sulfur-Pyrite, Gold, Silver, Arsenic, Lead, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altata Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Molybdenum, Arsenic | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Argyle Mine | Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic | Producer | Vein | |
| Aurora | Lead, Vanadium, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Aurora Mine | Vanadium, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Bay State | Copper, Silver, Gallium, Gold, Indium, Lead, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Blackfoot Mine | Silver, Zinc, Sulfur-Pyrite, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Dardanelles Prospect | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Arsenic | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Distaff Mine | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1944 | |
| Distaff Mine | Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc, Sulfur-Pyrite | Past Producer | ||
| El Oro | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Antimony, Copper, 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chloride | 3.4 miles | 32 | |
| Santa Claus | 4.8 miles | 32 | |
| Cerbat | 9.1 miles | 32 | |
| Stockton | 10.8 miles | 34 | |
| Golden Valley | 12.1 miles | 27 | |
| Dolan Springs | 13.5 miles | 29 | |
| New Kingman | 16.1 miles | 34 | |
| Butler | 17.6 miles | 20 |
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 Grasshopper Junction | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5597539 | 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 24437. 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.










