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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 25 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.
- 1933 USGS Cunningham Mtn quadrangle1:48000
- 1933 USGS Dome Rock Mountains quadrangle1:48000
- 1933 USGS Dome Rock Mts quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1940 USGS Dome Rock Mts quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1940 USGS Dome Rock Mts. quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Blythe quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS La Paz Mtn quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS La Paz Mtn quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Blythe quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
38 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Central District | COMBER |
| 19 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | LAPAZ |
| 16 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | EHRENBERG |
| 14 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | MIDDLE SLIPKNOT |
| 9 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Colorado River Agency | SMOKESHOP2 |
| 5 August 1997 | Natural | 20 acres | Colorado River Agency | SMOKESHOP |
| 4 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | WELLIS |
| 29 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado River District | RV |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bauer Uranium | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| French-American | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Gold Belt | Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Gold | |
| Goodman Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, REE, Thorium | Past Producer | Gold, Pyrite | |
| Goodman Mine | Gold, Silver, Thorium, Copper, Lead, REE | Past Producer | ||
| High Jolly | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Oro Fino Placers | Gold, Silver, Lead, Tungsten, Iron | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Strange Silica Claim | Silica, Quartz | Occurrence | Quartz | |
| Strange Silica Claim | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Wood Claims | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Silver, Stone | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Paz (historical) | 3.7 miles | 25 | |
| Olive City (historical) | 4.8 miles | 21 | |
| Ehrenberg | 4.9 miles | 21 | |
| La Paz Valley | 11.0 miles | 17 | |
| Quartzsite | 11.3 miles | 17 | |
| Plomosa | 17.0 miles | 18 | |
| Cibola | 24.6 miles | 22 | |
| Poston | 25.2 miles | 22 |
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.













