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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.

La Paz within La Paz County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 25 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

26 since 1993

Regional 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/undetermined17
Natural4
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1

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
19 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeLAPAZ
14 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeMIDDLE SLIPKNOT
9 August 1997Naturalunder an acreColorado River AgencySMOKESHOP2
5 August 1997Natural20 acresColorado River AgencySMOKESHOP
4 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeWELLIS
29 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado River DistrictRV
25 August 2011Naturalunder an acreColorado River AgencyMESA FIRE
22 July 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeTOM WELLS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in La Paz County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bauer UraniumUraniumOccurrence
French-AmericanMercuryOccurrence
Gold BeltSilver, GoldOccurrenceGold
Goodman MineGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, REE, ThoriumPast ProducerGold, Pyrite
Goodman MineGold, Silver, Thorium, Copper, Lead, REEPast Producer
Oro Fino PlacersGold, Silver, Lead, Tungsten, IronPast ProducerPlacer
Strange Silica ClaimSilica, QuartzOccurrenceQuartz
Strange Silica ClaimSilicaOccurrence
GladiatorCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrence
Little ColoradoCopper, Gold, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in La Paz 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
Morgantown3.7 miles25
Olive City (historical)7.1 miles21
Ehrenberg7.4 miles21
Quartzsite10.5 miles17
La Paz Valley12.1 miles17
Plomosa16.6 miles18
Poston21.5 miles22
Brenda25.5 miles16

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 Q6464319The 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.