Noah, Arizona
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Wellton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85356. It lies near Antelope Hill. The Survey maps it on the Wellton Mesa quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1926 USGS Wellton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1929 USGS Wellton quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1942 USGS Yuma quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Wellton Mesa quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1993 USGS Yuma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
30 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Noah between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,375 acres in total. 1 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 | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Colorado River District | ANTELOPE HILL |
| 5 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Central District | ASHER |
| 17 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado River District | MOHAWK |
| 8 June 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | BIG EYE WASH |
| 7 June 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 923 acres | Colorado River District | ANTELOPE ASSIST |
| 22 June 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.3 acres | Colorado River District | RIVER BOTTOM |
| 19 June 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado River District | MM 37 |
| 18 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | ROLL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Noah: 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radium Hot Springs | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Baker Peak Barite | Barium-Barite | Unknown | ||
| Baker Peak Barite Prospect | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | Barite |
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Noah in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Noah | - | A 58 mph peak wind gust measured at the Bakers Tank RAWS station. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24535. 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.









