BlockYuma Indian Homesteads, Arizona
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Yuma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85365. The Survey maps it on the Yuma West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 28 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 Yuma quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1905 USGS Yuma quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1940 USGS Yuma quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1942 USGS Yuma quadrangle1:250000
- 1945 USGS Yuma quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Yuma West quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Yuma West quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1993 USGS Yuma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Yuma West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
112 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Yuma Indian Homesteads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 565 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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 | 78 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Fort Yuma Agency | COUNTY ROAD |
| 26 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Yuma Fire Department | 1811481 |
| 26 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | Fort Yuma Agency | FAR |
| 20 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Yuma Fire Department | NOT NAMED |
| 15 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado River District | WALKING EA |
| 4 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fort Yuma Agency | HOMESTEAD |
| 31 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Yuma Fire Department | 1810442 |
| 31 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Colorado River District | BOARDER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 36 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Yuma Indian Homesteads: 36 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
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.
| Wikidata item Q122550238 | 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 14113. 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.