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Mohave Valley, Arizona

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Bullhead City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86440. It lies near Spears Lake. The Survey maps it on the Needles NE quadrangle. 2,693 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 522 feet above sea level.

Mohave Valley within Mohave County

Population over time

3 figures

Mohave Valley fell from 13,694 to 2,693 between 2000 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
200013,694
20102,616-11,078 (-81%)
20202,693+77 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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

295 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 295 fires within 5 miles of Mohave Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,813 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined218
Equipment and vehicle use20
Arson/incendiarism17
Debris and open burning14
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking6
Fireworks5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Other causes1
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLake Havasu Refuges ComplexVANDERSLICE
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFort Mojave Mesa Fire Department49999
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFort Mojave Mesa Fire Department50010
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresLake Havasu Refuges ComplexSECTION 14
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado River AgencyCOURTRIGHT
4 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFort Mojave Mesa Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
4 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFort Mojave Mesa Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
29 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMohave Valley Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mohave County

Storms near this place

39 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mohave Valley in 39 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 18 flash flood, 13 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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
September 2012Thunderstorm WindMohave Valley1 hurt, $250,000The front windows were broken out of a retail store, injuring one person. Numerous trees and power poles were blown down, and about 30 homes had wind damage to the roofs, mainly in the Plantation Drive area.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindMohave Valley$2,000,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 to 100 mph damaged numerous roofs and outbuildings, downed trees and at least eight power lines, and damaged or destroyed 40 airplane hangars at Eagle Airpark.
September 2009Flash FloodMohave Valley$600,000Runoff and mud covered Primavera Loop and Primavera Rd. near Mohave Valley. Two homes were destroyed, nine had moderate damage, and 16 had minor damage.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindMohave Valley$400,000Thunderstorm winds blew down 36 power poles in the Willow Valley - Mohave Valley area.
September 2019Flash FloodMohave Valley$100,000Boundary Cone Road was heavily damaged by flooding and closed.
August 2016LightningMohave Valley$100,000A lightning strike ignited a large stack of hay bales.
July 2012Flash FloodMohave Valley$50,000Parts of the road between Bullhead City and Oatman were washed out, and Highway 66 had boulders washed onto it.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindMohave Valley$25,000Thunderstorm winds blew an 18 foot boat off a trailer and into a fence, and also tipped over a box truck. Several areas of town lost power.
September 2012Flash FloodMohave Valley$25,000Plantation Drive in Mohave Valley was closed by flash flooding. Two homes had flood damage.
September 2012LightningMohave Valley$25,000Lightning knocked out power to 13,000 customers from Bullhead City to Mohave Valley.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindMohave Valley$20,000Two trees were blown down, a parking lot carport was bent over, a metal shade awning was blown over, 60 feet of a carport roof was torn off, and one third of a mobile home roof was torn off.
August 2013LightningMohave Valley$20,000Lightning knocked out power to 1002 customers in Mohave Valley.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindMohave Valley$20,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down a utility pole, which in turn took out other utility equipment.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindMohave Valley$15,000Thunderstorm winds blew down a power pole near Boundary Cone Road and Mountain View Road, knocking out power to 3700 customers.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindMohave Valley$15,000Two porches were blown over, and several homes had roof tiles damaged.
July 2012Flash FloodMohave Valley$5,000County Road 1 was closed due to debris washing onto the road.
May 2025Flash FloodMohave Valley$3,000A web cam showed that the Antelope Wash flooded Mountain View Road and knocked down a fence.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindMohave Valley$2,000Thunderstorm winds blew down a power line.
September 2012Flash FloodMohave Valley$2,000Water and debris flowed over Highway 95 in several places just north of Mohave Valley.
May 2025Flash FloodMohave Valley$1,000Boundary Cone Road was closed from Highway 95 to Mountain View Road.
August 2025FloodMohave Valley$1,000Mountain View Road was closed due to flooding. A nearby rain gauge recorded 0.39 inch in 10 to 15 minutes.
November 2025Flash FloodMohave Valley$1,000Mountain View Road was closed from Desert Greens Road to Crystal Drive.
July 2021Flash FloodMohave Valley$1,000Mountain View Road was closed between Crystal Drive and Desert Greens Drive.
November 2019Flash FloodMohave Valley$1,000County Road 1 was closed from Golden Shores to Courtwright Road.
September 2019Flash FloodMohave Valley$1,000Willow Drive was flooded east of Willow Valley.
October 2018Flash FloodMohave Valley$1,000Curb-deep water was flowing down the streets.
August 2017Flash FloodMohave Valley$1,000Boundary Cone Road was closed due to flooding.
July 2014Flash FloodMohave Valley$1,000Six to eight inches of water flowed over Valley Park Way at Puma Road.
July 2013Flash FloodMohave Valley$1,000Flash flooding closed AZ Hwy. 95 at Willow Drive.
May 2011Dust DevilMohave Valley$500A dust devil damaged an awning on a mobile home.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindMohave Valley-Visibility was down to less than a quarter mile in blowing dust.
July 2011HailMohave Valley-A citizen posted a report of penny size hail to WFO Las Vegas' Facebook page.
August 2008HailMohave Valley-Golf ball size hail fell at Eagle Airpark.
August 2008Flash FloodMohave Valley-Several roads and homes were flooded in the Quail Run subdivision of Mohave Valley.
August 2008Flash FloodMohave Valley-County Road 1 was closed due to flooding, and several cars were stuck.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindMohave Valley-no account filed
August 2022Thunderstorm WindMohave Valley-no account filed
September 2019HailMohave Valley-no account filed
August 2014Thunderstorm WindMohave Valley-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
Mojave Ranch Estates0.7 miles22
Willow Valley1.7 miles22
Mesquite Creek2.6 miles22
Arizona Village5.5 miles25
Mojave City7.9 miles35
Hardyville (historical)7.9 miles35
Fivemile Landing10.5 miles25
Riviera11.7 miles35

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 Mohave ValleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q615832The 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 1866989. 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.

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.