BlockNothing, Arizona
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Lake Havasu City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85360. The Survey maps it on the Arrastra Mountain NE quadrangle. It stands 3,268 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1923 USGS Signal quadrangle1:250000
- 1942 USGS Signal quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Arrastra Mtn NE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Alamo Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
87 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Nothing (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 229 acres in total. 17 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 48 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Phoenix District Office | COORS |
| 7 September 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Colorado River District | JOHNS SPRING |
| 3 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Colorado River District | BLACK CANYON |
| 2 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Colorado River District | BLACK |
| 18 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Colorado River District | HWY 93 |
| 13 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Colorado River District | LAVA |
| 13 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Colorado River District | ASA |
| 1 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | TREE FIRE |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Nothing (historical): 6 occurrences, 4 past producers, 3 producers, 2 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Tungsten, Feldspar, Copper, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bland Mine | Gold, Copper, Silver | Producer | 1901, 1957 | |
| Eureka | Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Golden Keys | Copper, Molybdenum | Unknown | ||
| Jeep Claims | Beryllium, Feldspar, Gemstone | Past Producer | ||
| Magnesite Deposit | Magnesite, Calcium | Prospect | ||
| Mammoth | Quartz, Copper, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Mammoth | Copper, Quartz, Gold, Iron, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| New Hope Prospect | Tungsten, Mica, Quartz | Occurrence | 1951 | |
| Pinafore Mine | Copper, Zinc, Gold, Lead, Silver | Producer | 1935, 1950, 1957 | |
| Southern Cross Mine | Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead | Producer | 1932, 1941, 1950 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Six Mile Crossing | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Greenwood | 13.8 miles | 17 | |
| Signal | 15.8 miles | 18 | |
| Wikieup | 21.2 miles | 17 | |
| Cedar | 31.9 miles | 17 | |
| Larneds Landing | 39.8 miles | 21 | |
| Haviland | 49.8 miles | 16 | |
| Yucca | 50.9 miles | 16 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Nothing (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7062708 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2675317. 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.