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Wikieup, Arizona

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Lake Havasu City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85360. The Survey maps it on the Wikieup quadrangle. 135 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,998 feet above sea level.

Wikieup within Mohave County

Population over time

2 figures

Wikieup grew from 133 to 135 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010133
2020135+2 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

42 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Wikieup between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,070 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Debris and open burning6
Smoking3
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
2 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office93 FIRE
13 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeBITTER
12 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined33 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeDIAMOND JOE
3 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
3 August 2005Naturalunder an acrePhoenix District OfficeTOMKINS
3 August 1992Naturalunder an acrePhoenix District OfficeCORRAL 2
26 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeHOT CAR
24 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeBITTER

Every fire recorded in Mohave County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Wikieup: 6 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 2 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zeolites, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, Clay. 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
Bayview BerylliumBerylliumProspect
Big Sandy FormationLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceSedimentary
Big Sandy FormationZeolites, Bentonite, Feldspar, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Limestone, Dimension, FlagstoneUnknown
Copper Head MillCopper, GoldPast Producer
Giles Clay DepositClay, Calcium, IronOccurrence
MidwestLead, Molybdenum, SilverProspect
Midwest MillLeadUnknown
East of Big Sandy RiverZeolitesOccurrenceAnalcime, Chabazite, Clinoptilolite, Erionite, Phillipsite
Sycamore Creek ZeolitesZeolitesOccurrenceAnalcime, Erionite
Wickieup Zeolite OccurrenceZeolitesUnknown

Every working recorded in Mohave County

Storms near this place

43 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wikieup in 43 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 30 flash flood, 5 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2010FloodWikieup$1,000,000The Big Sandy River near Wikieup crested at 17.9 feet. This was the all-time record crest. Several roads were washed away.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindWikieup$25,000Winds estimated by ADOT at 60-70 mph blew down a shed, power lines, and several trees (which closed U.S. Highway 93 for a time).
August 2016FloodWikieup$5,000Pump Station Road, Benegas Road, and Signal Road were all closed due to flooding of the Big Sandy River.
March 2023FloodWikieup$2,000Water in the Big Sandy River closed Pump Station Road and Banegas Ranch Road.
February 2019Flash FloodWikieup$2,000Pump Station Road and Huffritter Road were closed from Highway 93 to Back Road.
August 2012Flash FloodWikieup$2,000Mud and debris covered Highway 93 at Chicken Springs Road.
September 2023Flash FloodWikieup$1,000Pump Station Rd was closed from Highway 93 to Back Rd.
September 2023Flash FloodWikieup$1,000East Rd, also known as Benegas Ranch Rd, was closed.
July 2022Flash FloodWikieup$1,000Pump Station Rd was closed from Hwy 93 to Back Rd.
July 2022Flash FloodWikieup$1,000Sycamore Camp Rd was closed from Burro Creek Crossing to mile post 9.
July 2022Flash FloodWikieup$1,000Pump Station Rd was closed from Hwy 93 to Back Rd.
July 2022Flash FloodWikieup$1,000Banegas Crossing was closed from Hwy 93 to Banegas Ranch.
July 2022Flash FloodWikieup$1,000Burro Creek Crossing was closed from Hwy 93 to mile post 14.
September 2022Flash FloodWikieup$1,000Burro Creek Crossing Rd was closed.
September 2022Flash FloodWikieup$1,000Banegas Crossing was closed.
September 2022Flash FloodWikieup$1,000Pump Station Rd was closed.
August 2022Flash FloodWikieup$1,000Chicken Springs Road was closed.
August 2022Flash FloodWikieup$1,000Sycamore Creek Road was closed from Burro Creek Crossing.
August 2022Flash FloodWikieup$1,000Burro Creek Crossing Road was closed from Highway 93 to mile marker 14.
October 2022Flash FloodWikieup$1,000Pump Station Rd was closed from Hwy 93 to Back Rd.
July 2021Flash FloodWikieup$1,000Pump Station Road was closed from Highway 93 to Back Road due to flooding.
August 2021Flash FloodWikieup$1,000Pump Station Road was closed from Highway 93 to Back Road due to flooding.
October 2021Flash FloodWikieup$1,000Banegas Ranch Road was closed from Banegas Ranch to Highway 93 due to flooding.
December 2019Flash FloodWikieup$1,000Pump Station Rd was closed from Highway 93 to Back Rd due to flooding.
August 2018Flash FloodWikieup$1,000Pump Station Road was closed from Highway 93 to Back Road.
August 2018Flash FloodWikieup$1,000Banegas Road was closed from Highway 93 to Banegas Ranch Road.
August 2018Flash FloodWikieup$1,000Pump Station Road was closed.
August 2018Flash FloodWikieup$1,000Banegas Road was closed.
October 2018Flash FloodWikieup$1,000Pump Station Road was closed from Highway 93 to Back Road.
October 2018Flash FloodWikieup$1,000Huffritter Road was closed from Highway 93 to Back Road.
July 2017Flash FloodWikieup$1,000Signal Road was closed due to flooding.
July 2017Flash FloodWikieup$1,000Pump Station Road was closed due to flooding.
September 2013Flash FloodWikieup$1,000Several dirt roads leading to private property were underwater and impassable. A gage recorded 1.77 inches of rain in one hour.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindWikieup$1,000Thunderstorm winds tipped over a pergola in Wikieup.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindWikieup-A spotter driving on Highway 93 southeast of Wikieup estimated a 65 mph gust from a thunderstorm. He had to pull over and stop because his car was being blown off the road.
July 2010Flash FloodWikieup-Water briefly covered U.S. Highway 93 near Wikieup.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindWikieup-no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindWikieup-no account filed
September 2011HailWikieup-no account filed
August 2010HailWikieup-no account filed
September 1998HailWikieup-no account filed
September 1998HailWikieup-no account filed
August 1996HailWikieup-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
Cedar11.0 miles17
Greenwood13.5 miles17
Signal15.9 miles18
Six Mile Crossing16.9 miles16
Nothing (historical)21.2 miles17
Haviland30.8 miles16
Yucca30.8 miles16
Athos32.8 miles15

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 WikieupAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6644616The 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 24690. 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.