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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.

Ray Place within Mohave County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

18 since 1995

Regional 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
Natural12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
5 September 1995Natural300 acresPhoenix District OfficeIRONMTN
12 August 2009Natural22 acresColorado River DistrictDIAMOND BAR
12 August 1995Natural1.0 acresPhoenix District OfficeSTRIKE
12 August 1995Natural7.0 acresPhoenix District OfficeDIAMOND
8 July 2006Natural9.0 acresPhoenix District OfficeDIAMOND BAR
5 July 2011Naturalunder an acreColorado River DistrictDIAMOND BAR
24 July 2000Natural15 acresPhoenix District OfficeMUSIC
23 July 2006Natural34 acresPhoenix District OfficeIVAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mohave County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Garnet MountainTungstenPast ProducerScheelite
Hillside ClaimNiobium (Columbium), Tantalum, REEOccurrenceEuxenite, Polycrase
M and P ClaimsMica, Feldspar, QuartzPast ProducerMuscovite
Quartz Mountain ClaimTantalum, Niobium (Columbium), REEOccurrenceEuxenite, Polycrase
White CapMica, Feldspar, Beryllium, UraniumOccurrenceBeryl, Biotite, Feldspar
Williams Garnet PlacerGarnetProspect

Every working 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
Meadview12.9 miles21
Cyclopic13.1 miles30
South Cove19.2 miles21
Dolan Springs21.4 miles29
White Hills21.7 miles29
Antares29.7 miles19
Chloride30.0 miles32
Bonelli Landing31.1 miles23

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 Q28912652The 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.