BlockGrowler, Arizona
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Wellton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85347. It lies near San Cristobal Valley. The Survey maps it on the Growler quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 20 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.
- 1928 USGS Norton quadrangle1:62500
- 1929 USGS Norton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Growler quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Roll quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Roll quadrangle1:50000
- 1980 USGS Dateland quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
9 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Growler between 1994 and 2008, burning about 644 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2005 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Colorado River District | RAILROAD |
| 29 June 1994 | Natural | 30 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 25 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 69 acres | Colorado River District | MOHAWK |
| 21 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 66 acres | Colorado River District | NORTON |
| 1 May 2007 | Natural | 426 acres | Colorado River District | GILA RIVER |
| 24 April 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Colorado River District | SANDAL |
| 3 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado River District | HILL |
| 3 October 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | MOHAWK VALLEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Growler: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Copper, Iron, Barium-Barite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewell Ann Group | Tungsten, Copper, Iron, Barium-Barite | Occurrence | Barite, Scheelite, Siderite |
Storms near this place
2 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Growler in 2 storm reports between 2016 and 2023: 1 flood, 1 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2023 | Flash Flood | Growler | - | Rural road between County 2nd St and County 3rd St near Tacna closed due to significant flow from Gila River. Timing estimated based on radar. No damages or injuries were reported. |
| September 2016 | Flood | Growler | - | Considerable tropical moisture, associated with former Tropical Storm Newton, spread north and into the southwest deserts during the morning hours on September 7th. The moisture led to widespread light to moderate rain along with embedded thunderstorms. The storms enhanced rainfall totals and this resulted in some small stream flooding across portions of Yuma county, mainly north of Interstate 8. According to Yuma County Emergency Management, at 1030MST Palomas Road became flooded at Milepost 55. The location of the flooding was about 9 miles northeast of the town of Mohawk. Flash flooding was not observed and there were no reports of accidents or injuries due to the flooded roadway. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24442. 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.