Parker Strip, Arizona
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Parker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85344. It lies near Empire Flat. The Survey maps it on the Cross Roads quadrangle. 621 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 413 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresParker Strip fell from 3,302 to 621 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3,302 | |
| 2010 | 662 | -2,640 (-80%) |
| 2020 | 621 | -41 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 25 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.
- 1911 USGS Parker quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Parker Dam Area quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Needles quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Needles quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1959 USGS Black Peak quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Cross Roads quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1981 USGS Needles quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Parker quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
42 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Parker Strip between 1992 and 2018, burning about 154 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2013 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Colorado River Agency | BLUE WATER |
| 29 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Buckskin Fire District | 180490 |
| 23 August 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Buckskin Fire District | 180480 |
| 17 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Colorado River District | MILE MARKER 66 |
| 13 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | QUAIL HOLLOW |
| 12 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | BIG DRAW |
| 12 August 2001 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Colorado River Agency | ROCKHOUSE |
| 9 July 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Colorado River District | CROSS ROADS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 35 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Parker Strip: 17 past producers, 7 occurrences, 6 producers, 4 prospects. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Gold, Gold, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Cloud Copper Co | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Capilano Mine | Silver, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Highline Hematite | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Lecourse | Manganese | Unknown | ||
| Lion Hill Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | 1943 | |
| Sue Manganese Mine | Manganese, Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1925, 1963 | |
| Sure Shot | Hafnium, Uranium, Zirconium | Occurrence | ||
| Black Metal Copper Mine | Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Blue River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Capilano Mine | Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | Chrysocolla, Gold, Malachite, Specularite |
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.
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 Parker Strip | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2052686 | 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 2413657. 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.







