BlockNortons Landing, 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. It stands on Black Rock Wash. The Survey maps it on the Picacho SW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1942 USGS Blythe quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Picacho quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Picacho quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Picacho SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Picacho SW quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Trigo Mts quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Nortons Landing between 1993 and 2013, burning about 3,856 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Colorado River District | STAMPMILL |
| 13 September 2011 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Colorado River District | PICACHO STATE PARK |
| 3 July 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Colorado River District | TAYLOR |
| 3 July 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Imperial National Wildlife Refuge | PICACHOTP |
| 23 July 2009 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Imperial National Wildlife Refuge | NORTON |
| 28 June 2006 | Natural | 20 acres | Imperial National Wildlife Refuge | CABIN |
| 21 May 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado River District | PICACHO 2 |
| 19 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,200 acres | Imperial National Wildlife Refuge | ISLAND LAKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 40 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Nortons Landing: 16 occurrences, 16 past producers, 7 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atom Claims | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Black Rock Mine | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Manganese, Molybdenum | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Black Rock Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Geronimo North and South Mines | Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, Vanadium, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Geronimo Prospect | Lead, Silver, Tungsten, Vanadium, Zinc, Iron, Molybdenum, Manganese, Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Gold Reef Prospect | Iron, Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Hardscrabble | Lead, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum, Vanadium | Past Producer | ||
| Pacific and Mandan Claims | Silver, Lead, Iron, Manganese, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Pacific and Mandan Claims | Iron, Lead, Manganese, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Papago Mine | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Vanadium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Chlorine, Bismuth, Copper, Manganese, Molybdenum | Past Producer | Anglesite, Cerargyrite, Malachite, Pyrolusite, Smithsonite, Vanadinite, Wulfenite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nommel Place | 3.2 miles | 21 | |
| Cibola | 18.4 miles | 22 | |
| Ehrenberg | 38.7 miles | 21 | |
| Olive City (historical) | 39.2 miles | 21 | |
| Morgantown | 41.2 miles | 25 | |
| La Paz Valley | 42.1 miles | 17 | |
| La Paz (historical) | 44.9 miles | 25 | |
| Quartzsite | 47.7 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24540. 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.