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Powell, Arizona

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Lake Havasu City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86436. The Survey maps it on the Topock quadrangle.

Powell within Mohave County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 26 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

24 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Powell between 1993 and 2019, burning about 316 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking2
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
2 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northwest DistrictTOWER
17 August 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreColorado River AgencyBURNS
27 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDesert Hills Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
16 July 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColorado River DistrictFRANCONIA
9 June 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColorado River DistrictDESERT HILLS
3 June 1994Smoking1.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
2 June 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeKING
17 June 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresPhoenix District OfficeYUCCA 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mohave 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 Powell: 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Last MinuteCopperProspect
Mineral Material Area 10Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Val AnnGoldProspect

Every working recorded in Mohave County

Storms near this place

3 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Powell in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 debris flow, 1 flood. 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
July 2014Thunderstorm WindPowell$250,000Thunderstorm winds in Havasu Heights destroyed one home, moved one mobile home off its foundation, damaged several garage doors, damaged several roofs, blew out numerous home and vehicle windows, overturned RVs, and blew away one chicken coop and several chickens.
March 2023FloodPowell$50,000Heavy flow in a wash damaged a bridge, resulting in a train derailment. Eight cars carrying corn syrup derailed.
August 2022Debris FlowPowell$2,000Eastbound Interstate 40 was closed from mile marker 6 to AZ Highway 95 due to a mud slide.

Every storm recorded in Mohave 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
Franconia5.8 miles26
Topock5.8 miles26
Catfish Paradise5.9 miles26
Fivemile Landing7.9 miles25
Haviland11.5 miles16
Desert Hills12.7 miles28
Jops Landing13.4 miles28
Arizona Village13.6 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24570. 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.