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Griffith, Arizona

28 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 86401. The Survey maps it on the Kingman SE quadrangle.

Griffith within Mohave County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 28 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

99 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Griffith between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,255 acres in total. 8 started naturally. None 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/undetermined42
Equipment and vehicle use26
Railroad operations and maintenance17
Natural8
Smoking4
Debris and open burning2

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
9 September 1995Natural1.0 acresPhoenix District OfficeHOCK
8 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix District OfficeTOPEKA
7 September 1994Natural3.0 acresPhoenix District OfficeHOLYMOSES
26 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
26 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.4 acresPhoenix District OfficeTOPEKA
18 September 2005Natural5.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeEVENING GRIFFITH
16 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
1 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColorado River DistrictPURPLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mohave County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Griffith: 3 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, 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
Boulder Creek GroupSilver, Gold, Lead, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Silver
Hackberry Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mineral XREE, Feldspar, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium)OccurrenceFeldspar, Fergusonite
Mineral XclaimREE, FeldsparProspect
FayGoldOccurrence
McKessonGoldProspect
McKesson GroupGoldOccurrenceGold

Every working recorded in Mohave County

Storms near this place

14 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Griffith in 14 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 13 flash flood, 1 flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2022Flash FloodGriffith$10,000Flash flooding closed numerous roads in and south of Golden Valley.
July 2022Flash FloodGriffith$10,000Numerous roads in and south of Golden Valley were closed due to flooding.
September 2025Flash FloodGriffith$5,000Shinarump Drive was closed from Teddy Roosevelt Road to Colorado Road, and Oatman Highway was closed from Indian Wells Trail to Silver Creek Drive.
September 2023Flash FloodGriffith$5,000Flash flooding in Golden Valley closed several roads.
July 2015Flash FloodGriffith$5,000The Secret Pass Wash flooded Oatman Road and nearby secondary roads. One road partially washed out.
September 2022Flash FloodGriffith$1,000Oatman Highway was closed from mile marker 40 to East Silver Creek Rd.
August 2022Flash FloodGriffith$1,000Oatman Highway was closed from mile marker 40 to Silver Creek Road.
November 2022Flash FloodGriffith$1,000Oatman Hwy was closed from mile marker 36 to mile marker 40.
July 2021Flash FloodGriffith$1,000Oatman Highway was closed due to flooding.
August 2021Flash FloodGriffith$1,000Oatman Highway was closed from Ramada Road to Cool Springs due to flooding.
April 2019Flash FloodGriffith$1,000Oatman Highway was flooded between mile markers 39 and 40.
August 2019FloodGriffith$1,000The Sacramento Wash flooded Oatman Highway between mile markers 33 and 40 several hours after the heavy rain which caused flash flooding in Golden Valley.
November 2019Flash FloodGriffith$1,000Oatman Highway was closed from mile marker 26 to 39.
July 2018Flash FloodGriffith$1,000Oatman Highway was closed due to flooding.

Every storm 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
Drake1.9 miles28
Harris5.2 miles27
McConnico5.5 miles27
Athos8.1 miles15
Kingman9.1 miles27
Getz10.8 miles27
Hilltop10.9 miles27
Golden Valley12.2 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24440. 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.