La Paz, Arizona
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Parker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85344. It stands on La Paz Mountain. The Survey maps it on the La Paz Mountain quadrangle. It stands 584 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 25 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.
- 1933 USGS Cunningham Mtn quadrangle1:48000
- 1933 USGS Dome Rock Mountains quadrangle1:48000
- 1933 USGS Dome Rock Mts quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1940 USGS Dome Rock Mts quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1940 USGS Dome Rock Mts. quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Blythe quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS La Paz Mtn quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS La Paz Mtn quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Blythe quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
26 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of La Paz (historical) between 1993 and 2017, burning about 67 acres in total. 4 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 | 17 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | LAPAZ |
| 14 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | MIDDLE SLIPKNOT |
| 9 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Colorado River Agency | SMOKESHOP2 |
| 5 August 1997 | Natural | 20 acres | Colorado River Agency | SMOKESHOP |
| 4 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | WELLIS |
| 29 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado River District | RV |
| 25 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Colorado River Agency | MESA FIRE |
| 22 July 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | TOM WELLS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of La Paz (historical): 10 occurrences, 10 past producers, 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Kyanite, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bauer Uranium | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| French-American | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Gold Belt | Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Gold | |
| Goodman Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, REE, Thorium | Past Producer | Gold, Pyrite | |
| Goodman Mine | Gold, Silver, Thorium, Copper, Lead, REE | Past Producer | ||
| Oro Fino Placers | Gold, Silver, Lead, Tungsten, Iron | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Strange Silica Claim | Silica, Quartz | Occurrence | Quartz | |
| Strange Silica Claim | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Gladiator | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Little Colorado | Copper, Gold, Silver | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgantown | 3.7 miles | 25 | |
| Olive City (historical) | 7.1 miles | 21 | |
| Ehrenberg | 7.4 miles | 21 | |
| Quartzsite | 10.5 miles | 17 | |
| La Paz Valley | 12.1 miles | 17 | |
| Plomosa | 16.6 miles | 18 | |
| Poston | 21.5 miles | 22 | |
| Brenda | 25.5 miles | 16 |
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 La Paz (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6464319 | 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 1940036. 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.













