Willow Valley, Arizona
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Bullhead City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86440. It lies near Spears Lake. The Survey maps it on the Needles NE quadrangle. 1,059 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 476 feet above sea level.
On record in Willow Valley
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Hoover Dam, Circuits 1-15, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder Cityfederal building survey, 3 photographs
Population over time
3 figuresWillow Valley grew from 585 to 1,059 between 2000 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 585 | |
| 2010 | 1,062 | +477 (+82%) |
| 2020 | 1,059 | -3 (-0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 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.
- 1903 USGS Needles quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Needles quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1904 USGS Needles Special quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Needles quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Needles quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Needles quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Needles quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1970 USGS Needles NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Needles quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Needles quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
382 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 382 fires within 5 miles of Willow Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,108 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 25 were 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 | 271 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lake Havasu Refuges Complex | VANDERSLICE |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.3 acres | Lake Havasu Refuges Complex | SECTION 14 |
| 8 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | HOMESTEAD |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 7 September 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | SPOT |
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado River Agency | COURTRIGHT |
| 3 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | BRIDGE |
| 29 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mohave Valley Fire Department | NOT NAMED |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Willow Valley: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gourd Wash Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mohave Valley | 1.7 miles | 22 | |
| Mojave Ranch Estates | 2.3 miles | 22 | |
| Arizona Village | 4.2 miles | 25 | |
| Mesquite Creek | 4.3 miles | 22 | |
| Mojave City | 9.2 miles | 35 | |
| Hardyville (historical) | 9.2 miles | 35 | |
| Fivemile Landing | 9.7 miles | 25 | |
| Riviera | 13.1 miles | 35 |
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 Willow Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2140571 | 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 1866993. 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.









