Mohave Crossing, Arizona

31 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 stands on Granite Wash. The Survey maps it on the Spirit Mountain SE quadrangle.

Mohave Crossing within Mohave County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 31 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.

1886 USGS Camp Mohave quadrangle1:250000
1892 USGS Camp Mohave quadrangle1:250000, 8 printings
1926 USGS Mohave City quadrangle1:96000
1942 USGS Camp Mohave quadrangle1:250000
1947 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1948 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1955 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Spirit Mtn SE quadrangle1:24000
1958 USGS Spirit Mtn. SE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Spirit Mtn quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1960 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1982 USGS Davis Dam quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

9 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Mohave Crossing between 1992 and 2019, burning about 4 acres in total. 3 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
Natural	3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Debris and open burning	1
Fireworks	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
17 September 2011	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	MARKER 9
17 August 1992	Natural	under an acre	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	PETERSON#1
12 August 1998	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	HOMEALONE
9 July 1993	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	49ERCOVE
5 July 2019	Fireworks	under an acre	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	RATTLESNAKE
12 July 2001	Natural	under an acre	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	SIXMILECOV
14 June 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	LOST CABIN
22 May 2012	Natural	under an acre	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	JEEP COVE

Every fire recorded in Mohave County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mohave Crossing: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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
	Placers	Gold	Prospect

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Katherine	7.8 miles	33
Davis Dam	10.6 miles	33
Bullhead City	12.8 miles	33
Riviera	16.1 miles	35
Grasshopper Junction	18.0 miles	27
Santa Claus	19.7 miles	32
Hardyville (historical)	20.0 miles	35
Mojave City	20.0 miles	35

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 43098. 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.