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Haviland, Arizona

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Lake Havasu City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86438. It stands on Flattop Wash. The Survey maps it on the Yucca quadrangle.

Haviland within Mohave County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

20 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Haviland between 1992 and 2019, burning about 12 acres in total. 3 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
Equipment and vehicle use7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Natural3
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Debris and open burning1

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
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix District OfficeMEDIAN 19
6 September 1995Naturalunder an acrePhoenix District OfficeWARMSPRING
5 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix District OfficeGEM
16 August 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColorado River DistrictGEM
6 July 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePhoenix District OfficeBUCK
3 July 2001Natural5.0 acresPhoenix District OfficeCOTTONWOO2
26 July 1992Naturalunder an acrePhoenix District OfficeISLAND
17 July 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColorado River DistrictFRANCONIA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mohave County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Haviland: 2 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Perlite, Fire Clay (Refractory), Kaolin, Gold, Perlite, 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
Klander LeasePerlite, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Klaner and Doolin PitsFire Clay (Refractory), Kaolin, GoldPast Producer
Perlite #2PerliteUnknown
Perlite 1PerliteProspect
Perlite OccurrencePerliteOccurrence
Southern Black Mountains Perlite DepositPerlitePast Producer

Every working recorded in Mohave County

Storms near this place

5 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Haviland in 5 storm reports between 2015 and 2024: 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
August 2024Thunderstorm WindHaviland$200,000Very high thunderstorm winds in Yucca destroyed the roof of a house, destroyed a shed, heavily damaged a trailer, and overturned an RV.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindHaviland$5,000Thunderstorm winds damaged a mobile home.
August 2017Flash FloodHaviland$5,000Water flowed throughout a ranch property, including through the garage.
July 2015FloodHaviland$2,000A major tributary of the Sacramento Wash flooded several roads.
August 2016Flash FloodHaviland$1,000Three to four feet of standing water covered Interstate 40.

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
Yucca5.0 miles16
Franconia6.5 miles26
Athos10.4 miles15
Powell11.5 miles26
Drake16.7 miles28
Catfish Paradise16.9 miles26
Topock17.3 miles26
Fivemile Landing17.4 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24453. 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.