Littlefield, Arizona
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the North Mohave census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86432. It stands on Beaver Dam Wash. The Survey maps it on the Littlefield quadrangle. 256 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,854 feet above sea level.
On record in Littlefield
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Horse Valley Ranchlisted 1984
Sand Hollow Wash Bridgelisted 1988
Surveyed buildings and structures 10 records
- Dinner Pocket, Littlefieldfederal building survey, 4 photographs
- Grand Gulch Mine, Littlefieldfederal building survey, 11 photographs
- Green Springs, Littlefieldfederal building survey, 3 photographs
- Horse Valley Ranch, Littlefieldfederal building survey, 8 photographs
- Pine Ranch, Littlefieldfederal building survey, 4 photographs
- Pine Valley, Littlefieldfederal building survey, 5 photographs
- Shanley Camp, Littlefieldfederal building survey, 4 photographs
- Spencer Camp, Littlefieldfederal building survey, 3 photographs
- Tassi Ranch, Tassi Springs, Littlefieldfederal building survey, 89 photographs
- Waring Ranch, Littlefieldfederal building survey, 2 photographs
Population over time
2 figuresLittlefield fell from 308 to 256 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 | 308 | |
| 2020 | 256 | -52 (-17%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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 Mt. Trumbull quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Mt. Trumbull quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Grand Canyon quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Littlefield quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Grand Canyon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Grand Canyon quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Grand Canyon quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Littlefield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Littlefield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Photographs
2 photographs, 1940Taken 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.
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
145 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Littlefield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,106 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined | 70 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Arizona Strip Field Office | MM6 I15 |
| 6 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Arizona Strip Field Office | MM6 |
| 5 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Arizona Strip Field Office | M M 9 |
| 30 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Beaver Dam / Littlefield Fire District | F180122 |
| 27 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Beaver Dam / Littlefield Fire District | F180119 |
| 25 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arizona Strip Field Office | MM5 |
| 24 September 2010 | Fireworks | under an acre | Arizona Strip Field Office | RAGE |
| 19 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Strip Field Office | FIGUREFOUR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Littlefield: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Shaft | Tungsten | Unknown |
Storms near this place
19 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Littlefield in 19 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 2 tornado, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Flash Flood | Littlefield | $100,000 | Flash flooding washed out several back country roads in the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Littlefield | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees, some of which blocked roads and some of which fell on power lines. Trampolines were also blown into roads. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Littlefield | $20,000 | Very heavy rain in the mountains above Littlefield flowed down into the community, leaving the Farm/Fleet Rd underpass under I-15 flooded with approximately 10 feet of water. Other roads in the area were also flooded, including the northbound lanes of I-15 near mile marker 9. |
| September 2014 | Flash Flood | Littlefield | $10,000 | Major flash flooding impacted the Virgin River Gorge. Interstate 15 was closed for several hours due to water and debris over the highway. Many waterfalls flowed off the higher terrain. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Littlefield | $1,000 | I-15 southbound was flooded near Littlefield. |
| August 2022 | Tornado (EFU) | Littlefield | - | Several photos from different angles showed a tornado over the open desert. The location is estimated. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Littlefield | - | Two stations recorded gusts to 61 mph at the same time. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Littlefield | - | This gust occurred at the Olaf Knolls RAWS site. |
| September 1995 | Hail | Littlefield | - | Heavy rain accompanied golf ball and pea-sized hail which lead to flooding of an underpass along Interstate 15 and also an unpaved road. |
| April 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Littlefield | - | An observer reported the weak tornado skipping along the ground for about 10 minutes. The tornado moved through open territory with no damage reported. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Littlefield | - | Winds gusted to 70 mph during a severe thunderstorm. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Littlefield | - | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Littlefield | - | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Littlefield | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Littlefield | - | no account filed |
| October 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Littlefield | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Littlefield | - | no account filed |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Littlefield | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Littlefield | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Dam | 0.9 miles | 19 | |
| Rock Crossing | 33.1 miles | 16 | |
| Mount Trumbull | 45.8 miles | 16 | |
| Colorado City | 51.1 miles | 21 | |
| Oak Grove | 53.9 miles | 16 | |
| Cane Beds | 55.0 miles | 21 | |
| South Cove | 55.7 miles | 21 | |
| Tuweep | 56.1 miles | 18 |
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 Littlefield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q998986 | 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 7237. 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.








