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Nommel Place, Arizona

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Parker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85328. The Survey maps it on the Picacho SW quadrangle.

Nommel Place within La Paz County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

8 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Nommel Place between 1993 and 2011, burning about 559 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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
Natural3
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
17 September 1993Recreation and ceremony15 acresImperial National Wildlife RefugeLIGHTHOUSE
8 August 2001Natural60 acresImperial National Wildlife RefugeDRAPER
3 July 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresColorado River DistrictTAYLOR
3 July 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreImperial National Wildlife RefugePICACHOTP
23 July 2009Natural2.5 acresImperial National Wildlife RefugeNORTON
21 May 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado River DistrictPICACHO 2
14 May 1993Natural480 acresColorado River DistrictPICACHO
15 February 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreImperial National Wildlife RefugeRED CLOUD MINE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in La Paz County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Nommel Place: 6 prospects, 4 occurrences, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Copper, Platinum. 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
Atom ClaimsUraniumProspect
Geronimo North and South MinesFluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, Vanadium, ZincPast Producer
Geronimo ProspectLead, Silver, Tungsten, Vanadium, Zinc, Iron, Molybdenum, Manganese, Fluorine-Fluorite, CopperOccurrenceVein
Trigo PlacersGold, PlatinumPast Producer1866, 1966
Wallace-Spencer MineGold, CopperProspect
Zimmer ProspectGoldProspect
Butler ProspectSilverProspect
Pomeroy Dot ProspectSilverProspect
Pomeroy ProspectSilverOccurrence
Quartz-Schist OutcropSilverOccurrence

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
Nortons Landing3.2 miles21
Cibola16.2 miles22
Ehrenberg37.0 miles21
Olive City (historical)37.5 miles21
Morgantown39.8 miles25
La Paz Valley41.5 miles17
La Paz (historical)43.4 miles25
Quartzsite46.9 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24537. 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.