BlockStoval, Arizona
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Wellton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85333. The Survey maps it on the Dateland quadrangle. It stands 400 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1930 USGS Stoval quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Stoval quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Dateland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Dateland quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
6 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Stoval between 2000 and 2017, burning about 1 acre in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Central District | EAGLETAIL |
| 2 July 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Colorado River District | HAY |
| 6 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | MM 59 |
| 6 May 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | DATELAND |
| 4 May 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | DATELAND |
| 24 April 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | DATELAND |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Stoval: 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Iron, Copper, Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| England Mine | Gold, Iron, Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Unknown | Geothermal | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stoval in 2 storm reports in 2023: 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | Flood | Stoval | $50,000 | Continued releases from Painted Rock Dam led to prolonged elevated flows traveling down the Gila River through Yuma County. As a result, numerous downstream unbridged river crossings in Yuma County remained impassable due to flooding. These unbridged crossings remained closed through the month of May. According to local media reports, Yuma County Public Works reported that 14 unbridged crossings, which include Roll Road (paved) and 13 dirt roads, sustained damage due to the prolonged elevated flows in the river. |
| April 2023 | Flood | Stoval | - | Water being released from Painted Rock Dam continued to travel down the Gila River through Yuma County, flooding numerous unbridged river crossings. According to the Yuma County Sheriff's Office, numerous unbridged roads across the Gila River were closed due to flooding going into the last week of April. These road closures persisted into the month of May as elevated flows continued in the Gila River. The USGS gauge along the Gila River near Dateland show the gauge climbing above action stage (8 feet) on April 22nd. By April 30th, the USGS gauge along the Gila River near Dome began to respond as flow in the river continued to gradually travel downstream. |
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.
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.
| Wikipedia article on Stoval | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q30622977 | 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 24631. 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.