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Lake Havasu City, Arizona

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Lake Havasu City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86403. It stands on Nelson Drain. The Survey maps it on the Lake Havasu City South quadrangle. 57,144 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 735 feet above sea level.

Lake Havasu City within Mohave County

On record in Lake Havasu City

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Lake Havasu City grew from 52,527 to 57,144 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
201052,527
202057,144+4,617 (+9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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.

Photographs

1 photograph,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

London Bridge, Spanning manmade channel (moved from London, UK), Lake Havasu City, Mohave County, AZ
London Bridge, Spanning manmade channel (moved from London, UK), Lake Havasu City, Mohave County, AZ
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

264 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 264 fires within 5 miles of Lake Havasu City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 352 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 7 were 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/undetermined232
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Fireworks3
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Debris and open burning3
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLake Havasu City Fire Departmentnot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresColorado River DistrictCAMPBELL
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeCAMPBELL
8 September 2019Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreLake Havasu City Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDesert Hills Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLake Havasu City Fire Department8005891
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLake Havasu City Fire Department8005907
6 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLake Havasu 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 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Lake Havasu City: 3 past producers, 3 producers, 3 unknowns, 2 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Manganese, Iron. 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
Arizona Manganese ProspectManganese, IronPast ProducerPsilomelane, Pyrolusite
Unnamed ProspectGold, Copper, SilverProspect
Golden GateGoldProspect
Mexican Or Spanish DiggingsGoldPast Producer
AggregateSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Earth Products PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Havarin Ranch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pit 8362Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Starr Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
State Pit #8374Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Mohave County

Storms near this place

22 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake Havasu City in 22 storm reports between 1995 and 2012: 14 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 3 lightning, 1 hail. The reports record 9 injuries. 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 1998Thunderstorm WindLake Havasu City7 hurt, $20,000A large window (14' by 6') was blown out at a restaurant causing minor cuts and injuries to seven people. The damaging winds also ripped off two balcony roofs from another resort building and sank a boat at a nearby dock.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindLake Havasu City1 hurt, $1,000,000Strong thunderstorm wind gusts of 80 -100 mph moved through the community of Golden Shores causing one million dollars in damage. Two mobile homes were destroyed and 17 other mobile homes and frame houses were unlivable. Another 117 homes received minor damage. One injury occurred when the homeowner sought shelter in a tub in the mobile homes bathroom. As the mobile home rolled the toilet was ripped from its foundation and struck the homeowner in the head causing cuts and bruises. In addition, numerous pontoon boats were either flipped over or destroyed and several windows were broken on homes and cars. The storm snapped several power lines which cut power, in turn cutting the towns water supply.
September 2003Flash FloodLake Havasu City1 hurt, $15,000Runoff from heavy rain caused a car to be swept off the road into a wash. One woman inside the car was rescued and taken to a local hospital with undisclosed injuries.
September 1995Thunderstorm WindLake Havasu City$500,000A very strong thunderstorm caused damage to more than 250 homes, several extensively. Roofs were ripped off and air conditioners at three homes were blown to the ground. Winds overturned some boats with a few of them crashing into the street. Winds also knocked down powerlines. Torrential rains caused washes to run very high.
August 2004LightningLake Havasu City$100,000Lightning from thunderstorms over Lake Havasu City caused two house fires and ignited several palm trees.
August 1997Flash FloodLake Havasu City$30,000no account filed
July 2012LightningLake Havasu City$25,000Lightning struck several power lines in Lake Havasu City.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindLake Havasu City$20,000Strong thunderstorm winds downed several power lines knocking out power to several hundred residents. High winds also destroyed a large aluminum storage shed that had been in the same area for 18 years. The roof was also torn off a local business a several large pieces of equipment were also damaged on the property.
August 2000LightningLake Havasu City$20,000Lightning started 3 fires in Lake Havasu City, AZ causing an estimated $20,000 dollars in damage.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindLake Havasu City$20,000no account filed
September 1997Thunderstorm WindLake Havasu City$15,000A Skywarn Spotter in Lake Havasu City reported thunderstorm winds had downed a few power lines and some trees.
September 2004Thunderstorm WindLake Havasu City$10,000Strong winds from a severe thunderstorms pushed through Lake Havasu City. Several trees were blown over, one house received roof damage and a construction trailer was overturned.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindLake Havasu City$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree in Lake Havasu City. The tree was 71 inches in circumference at its base.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindLake Havasu City$2,000Strong wind gusts up to 63 mph blew several power lines down in Lake Havasu City, AZ. Damage was estimated at two thousand dollars.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindLake Havasu City$1,000Thunderstorm winds were blamed for downing a lemon tree and tearing shingles off a roof during the early morning hours.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindLake Havasu City-Numerous homes damaged, and trees and power lines blown down.
August 2005Flash FloodLake Havasu City-Flooding also reported in Desert Hills and Mohave Valley.
August 1998Flash FloodLake Havasu City-A Skywarn spotter recorded 1.85 inches of rain in less than one hour on the south side of Lake Havasu City. Washes were reportedly running bank-to-bank and several roads around the city were blocked by water.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindLake Havasu City-no account filed
August 2005Thunderstorm WindLake Havasu City-no account filed
May 1997Thunderstorm WindLake Havasu City-no account filed
August 1997HailLake Havasu City-no account filed

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
Jops Landing4.7 miles28
Desert Hills5.5 miles28
Powell17.7 miles26
Franconia17.9 miles26
Topock18.3 miles26
Larneds Landing18.8 miles21
Catfish Paradise20.0 miles26
Haviland23.3 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 Lake Havasu CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79435The 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 6840. 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.