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South Cove, Arizona

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Kingman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86444. The Survey maps it on the Meadview North quadrangle.

South Cove within Mohave County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

13 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of South Cove between 1992 and 2019, burning about 18 acres in total. 6 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
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1
Fireworks1

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
31 August 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLake Mead National Recreation AreaPIERCE FERRY
25 August 2000Naturalunder an acreLake Mead National Recreation AreaGRAPE
16 August 2000Naturalunder an acreLake Mead National Recreation AreaMILE 42
16 August 2000Naturalunder an acreLake Mead National Recreation AreaMILE 43
9 July 2014Naturalunder an acreLake Mead National Recreation AreaGRAPEVINE
29 July 2003Naturalunder an acreLake Mead National Recreation AreaPERICEFERR
2 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLake Mead National Recreation AreaSOUTH COVE
18 July 2003Naturalunder an acreLake Mead National Recreation AreaP.FERRY

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 South Cove: 4 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper. 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
JokermineCopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Pyrite
Eureka MineGoldPast Producer
Eureka MineGoldPast Producer
Joker MineGoldPast Producer
Jumbo MineGoldProspect
Jumbo ProspectGoldOccurrenceVein

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
Meadview6.3 miles21
Ray Place19.2 miles29
Bonelli Landing20.4 miles23
Cyclopic22.6 miles30
Oak Grove27.6 miles16
White Hills29.0 miles29
Dolan Springs35.6 miles29
Mount Trumbull46.6 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 25312. 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.