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Morgantown, 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 85334. It lies near La Paz Arroyo. The Survey maps it on the La Paz Mountain quadrangle.

Morgantown 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

38 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Morgantown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,735 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined24
Equipment and vehicle use7
Debris and open burning3
Natural2
Smoking1
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
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Central DistrictCOMBER
19 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeLAPAZ
16 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeEHRENBERG
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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in La Paz County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Morgantown: 12 occurrences, 12 past producers, 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Kyanite. 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
High JollyCopperOccurrence
Oro Fino PlacersGold, Silver, Lead, Tungsten, IronPast ProducerPlacer
Strange Silica ClaimSilica, QuartzOccurrenceQuartz
Strange Silica ClaimSilicaOccurrence
Wood ClaimsStone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Silver, StoneOccurrence

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
La Paz (historical)3.7 miles25
Olive City (historical)4.8 miles21
Ehrenberg4.9 miles21
La Paz Valley11.0 miles17
Quartzsite11.3 miles17
Plomosa17.0 miles18
Cibola24.6 miles22
Poston25.2 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 42946. 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.