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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.

Katherine within Mohave County

Population over time

2 figures

Katherine 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.

YearPeople Change
2010103
202076-27 (-26%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 33 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

103 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined66
Natural9
Recreation and ceremony9
Smoking5
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes1

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
8 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreLake Mead National Recreation AreaKATHERINE 2
5 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreLake Mead National Recreation AreaBULL 1
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
30 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
3 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBullhead City Fire Department1807202
29 September 1995Fireworksunder an acreLake Mead National Recreation AreaM80
24 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBullhead City Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mohave County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Katherine MineGold, Silver, Copper, BerylliumPast Producer1900, 1940
Katherine MineGold, Silver, Manganese, Beryllium, CopperPast Producer
River Rocks Agate FieldGemstoneProducer
RoadsideSilver, GoldUnknown1915
Wiley Inspiration MineSilver, GoldOccurrenceGold, Silver
Black Dyke GroupGold, SilverPast Producer
Roadside MineGold, SilverPast Producer1915
Treasure VaultGold, SilverPast Producer
Asphalt Material Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Asphalt Materials Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working 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
Davis Dam2.9 miles33
Bullhead City5.1 miles33
Mohave Crossing7.8 miles31
Riviera8.9 miles35
Hardyville (historical)12.6 miles35
Mojave City12.7 miles35
Oatman16.5 miles29
Mesquite Creek17.6 miles22

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 KatherineAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5958558The 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.