BlockGreenwood, 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 85360. It lies near Devils Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Greenwood Peak quadrangle.
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 Greenwood Peak quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Bagdad quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Greenwood between 1992 and 2018, burning about 174 acres in total. None 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | SANDY |
| 4 July 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 118 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 6 June 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Phoenix District Office | SANDY |
| 30 April 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Phoenix District Office | BURRO |
| 28 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Phoenix District Office | LEVI |
| 28 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado River District | BIG SANDY |
| 17 February 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northwest District | SIGNAL ROAD |
| 7 November 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Phoenix District Office | MACARONI |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Greenwood: 5 occurrences, 4 past producers, 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Gold, Copper, Uranium, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | Gypsum | |
| Dungan Tungsten | Tungsten, Gold, Silver, Uranium, Niobium (Columbium) | Past Producer | ||
| Krook | Silver, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Madrill and Leival Claims | Uranium, Tungsten | Occurrence | Allanite | |
| Olea Claims | Copper, Tungsten | Unknown | ||
| Signal District-Arizona | REE, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium) | Occurrence | PEGMATITE | |
| State Mine | Gold, Iron, Silver | Unknown | ||
| State Mine Prospect | Uranium, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Lost Mine Prospect | Tungsten, Copper | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Olea Prospect | Tungsten, Copper | Past Producer | Vein |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Signal | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| Six Mile Crossing | 13.4 miles | 16 | |
| Wikieup | 13.5 miles | 17 | |
| Nothing (historical) | 13.8 miles | 17 | |
| Cedar | 21.5 miles | 17 | |
| Larneds Landing | 27.9 miles | 21 | |
| Haviland | 37.0 miles | 16 | |
| Lake Havasu City | 38.6 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24438. 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.