Ray Place, Arizona
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Kingman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86444. The Survey maps it on the Garnet Mountain quadrangle. It stands 5,043 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 29 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.
- 1886 USGS Camp Mohave quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Camp Mohave quadrangle1:250000, 8 printings
- 1942 USGS Camp Mohave quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Garnet Mtn. quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Boulder City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Garnet Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
18 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Ray Place between 1995 and 2018, burning about 424 acres in total. 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1995 | Natural | 300 acres | Phoenix District Office | IRONMTN |
| 12 August 2009 | Natural | 22 acres | Colorado River District | DIAMOND BAR |
| 12 August 1995 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Phoenix District Office | STRIKE |
| 12 August 1995 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Phoenix District Office | DIAMOND |
| 8 July 2006 | Natural | 9.0 acres | Phoenix District Office | DIAMOND BAR |
| 5 July 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Colorado River District | DIAMOND BAR |
| 24 July 2000 | Natural | 15 acres | Phoenix District Office | MUSIC |
| 23 July 2006 | Natural | 34 acres | Phoenix District Office | IVAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Ray Place: 3 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Mica, Feldspar, Quartz. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garnet Mountain | Tungsten | Past Producer | Scheelite | |
| Hillside Claim | Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, REE | Occurrence | Euxenite, Polycrase | |
| M and P Claims | Mica, Feldspar, Quartz | Past Producer | Muscovite | |
| Quartz Mountain Claim | Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), REE | Occurrence | Euxenite, Polycrase | |
| White Cap | Mica, Feldspar, Beryllium, Uranium | Occurrence | Beryl, Biotite, Feldspar | |
| Williams Garnet Placer | Garnet | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadview | 12.9 miles | 21 | |
| Cyclopic | 13.1 miles | 30 | |
| South Cove | 19.2 miles | 21 | |
| Dolan Springs | 21.4 miles | 29 | |
| White Hills | 21.7 miles | 29 | |
| Antares | 29.7 miles | 19 | |
| Chloride | 30.0 miles | 32 | |
| Bonelli Landing | 31.1 miles | 23 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q28912652 | 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 24577. 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.











