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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.

Noah within Yuma County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

30 since 1997

Regional 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/undetermined26
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural1

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 August 2008Naturalunder an acreColorado River DistrictANTELOPE HILL
5 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Central DistrictASHER
17 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado River DistrictMOHAWK
8 June 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeBIG EYE WASH
7 June 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined923 acresColorado River DistrictANTELOPE ASSIST
22 June 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.3 acresColorado River DistrictRIVER BOTTOM
19 June 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado River DistrictMM 37
18 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeROLL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yuma County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Radium Hot SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Baker Peak BariteBarium-BariteUnknown
Baker Peak Barite ProspectBarium-BariteOccurrenceBarite

Every working recorded in Yuma County

Storms near this place

1 since 2025

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2025Thunderstorm WindNoah-A 58 mph peak wind gust measured at the Bakers Tank RAWS station.

Every storm recorded in Yuma 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
Asher2.8 miles20
Tanque Aloma3.5 miles18
Tacna3.7 miles18
Roll4.9 miles20
Colfred6.5 miles18
Wellton6.7 miles19
Tyson10.7 miles20
Owl12.5 miles17

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.