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Signal, Arizona

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Lake Havasu City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85360. It stands on Graveyard Wash. The Survey maps it on the Signal quadrangle.

Signal within Mohave County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

4 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Signal between 1992 and 2018, burning about 130 acres in total. None 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/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1
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
4 July 1992Arson/incendiarism118 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
6 June 2005Debris and open burningunder an acrePhoenix District OfficeSANDY
17 February 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northwest DistrictSIGNAL ROAD
15 October 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeTHE ISLAND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mohave County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Signal: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gold BugGoldUnknown
Gold ChiefCopper, GoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Mohave County

Storms near this place

19 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Signal in 19 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 18 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
August 2022Flash FloodSignal$5,000A swift water rescue was performed near mile post 40 on Alamo Road.
October 2015Flash FloodSignal$5,000Signal Road was closed from Highway 93 to Alamo Road due to flooding.
February 2019Flash FloodSignal$2,000Signal Road was closed from Highway 93 to Alamo Road, and East Road was closed at Banegas Crossing due to flooding.
July 2016Flash FloodSignal$2,000Signal Road was closed from Highway 93 to Alamo Road.
September 2023Flash FloodSignal$1,000Signal Rd was closed from Highway 93 to Alamo Rd.
September 2023Flash FloodSignal$1,000Alamo Road was closed due to flooding.
July 2022Flash FloodSignal$1,000Signal Rd was closed from Hwy 93 to Alamo Rd.
July 2022Flash FloodSignal$1,000Seventeen Mile Rd was closed from Hwy 93 to Signal Rd.
September 2022Flash FloodSignal$1,000Seventeen Mile Road was closed.
September 2022Flash FloodSignal$1,000Signal Rd was closed.
July 2021Flash FloodSignal$1,000Signal Road was closed from Highway 93 to Alamo Road due to flooding.
August 2021Flash FloodSignal$1,000Signal Road was closed from Highway 93 to Alamo Road due to flooding.
October 2021Flash FloodSignal$1,000Signal Road was closed from Alamo Road to Highway 93 due to flooding.
July 2018Flash FloodSignal$1,000Signal Road was closed from Highway 93 to Alamo Road.
August 2018Flash FloodSignal$1,000Signal Road was closed from Highway 93 to Alamo Road.
August 2018Flash FloodSignal$1,000Seventeen Mile Road was closed from Highway 93 to Signal Road.
August 2018Flash FloodSignal$1,000Signal Road was closed from Highway 93 to Alamo Road.
July 2017Flash FloodSignal$1,000Signal Road was closed from Highway 93 to Alamo Road due to flooding.
December 2009Thunderstorm WindSignal-no account filed

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
Greenwood3.1 miles17
Nothing (historical)15.8 miles17
Wikieup15.9 miles17
Six Mile Crossing16.1 miles16
Cedar22.7 miles17
Larneds Landing25.0 miles21
Lake Havasu City36.5 miles23
Haviland36.6 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24614. 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.