Katherine, Arizona
33 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 86429. It lies near Loaf Rock. The Survey maps it on the Davis Dam quadrangle. 76 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 686 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresKatherine fell from 103 to 76 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 103 | |
| 2020 | 76 | -27 (-26%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 33 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
- 1926 USGS Mohave City quadrangle1:96000
- 1942 USGS Camp Mohave quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Davis Dam quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Davis Dam quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 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
- 1970 USGS Davis Dam quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Davis Dam quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
103 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Katherine between 1992 and 2020, burning about 207 acres in total. 9 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 | 66 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Lake Mead National Recreation Area | KATHERINE 2 |
| 5 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Lake Mead National Recreation Area | BULL 1 |
| 4 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 30 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 3 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Bullhead City Fire Department | 1807202 |
| 29 September 1995 | Fireworks | under an acre | Lake Mead National Recreation Area | M80 |
| 24 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Bullhead City Fire Department | NOT NAMED |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 37 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Katherine: 16 past producers, 10 prospects, 6 occurrences, 3 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katherine Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Beryllium | Past Producer | 1900, 1940 | |
| Katherine Mine | Gold, Silver, Manganese, Beryllium, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| River Rocks Agate Field | Gemstone | Producer | ||
| Roadside | Silver, Gold | Unknown | 1915 | |
| Wiley Inspiration Mine | Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Gold, Silver | |
| Black Dyke Group | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Roadside Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1915 | |
| Treasure Vault | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Asphalt Material Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Asphalt Materials Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davis Dam | 2.9 miles | 33 | |
| Bullhead City | 5.1 miles | 33 | |
| Mohave Crossing | 7.8 miles | 31 | |
| Riviera | 8.9 miles | 35 | |
| Hardyville (historical) | 12.6 miles | 35 | |
| Mojave City | 12.7 miles | 35 | |
| Oatman | 16.5 miles | 29 | |
| Mesquite Creek | 17.6 miles | 22 |
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 Katherine | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5958558 | 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 25305. 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.













