Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
From the record
“The Old Presbyterian Church near Parker, Arizona, also known as Mojave Indian Presbyterian Mission Church, was built in 1917. It is located in what is now La Paz County, Arizona, south of Parker.”
Wikipedia article Old Presbyterian Church (Parker, Arizona), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 6 National Register listings published here for La Paz County · listed in 1971 · category: Building.
National Register reference number.71000122- the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
264 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 264 fires within 5 miles of Old Presbyterian Church
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,862 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 6 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
152
Debris and open burning
57
Misuse of fire by a minor
21
Natural
7
Arson/incendiarism
6
Equipment and vehicle use
5
Smoking
5
Recreation and ceremony
5
Fireworks
4
Power generation/transmission/distribution
2
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
3 workings within 5 miles of Old Presbyterian Church: 2 occurrences, 1 producer.
1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, 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.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Parker, the town this property stands in, in 23 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 2 heavy rain, 1 hail.
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.
Intense thunderstorms developed across portions of northwest La Paz county during the late afternoon hours on July 8th, and they affected the town of Parker. The strong storms produced damaging microburst outflow winds estimated to be in excess of 80 mph. According to local law enforcement, 4 mobile homes were overturned in Parker. In addition, the gusty winds blew down power poles and caused roof damage to local residences. Fortunately, no injuries were reported.
Intense thunderstorms developed across La Paz county during the late morning and early afternoon hours on July 31st. In addition to producing heavy rain, a few of the storms generated strong and damaging wet microburst winds, estimated to be at least 50 knots. Local law enforcement reported that power lines were down along Arizona highway 95 both north and south of Parker. The Parker airport experienced a peak wind gust to 56 mph with the storms, and according to APS, 7 power poles were downed in the Parker area.
Isolated to scattered monsoon thunderstorms developed during the evening hours in the Parker area on September 1st and some of the stronger storms produced gusty and damaging outflow winds. According to a local newspaper report, at 2150MST gusty winds estimated to be as high as 70 mph caused severe roof damage to a standalone business located near the intersection of Kofa Avenue and 4th Street, about 2 miles northwest of Parker. Additionally the paper reported that the strong winds stripped a carport awning off of a mobile home and blew the awning across some power lines. No injuries were reported as a result of the damage.
Multiple trees were down around Parker including a palm tree that fell into the street along the 900 block of California Avenue/State Route 95. Timing estimated from radar and wind estimated from damage report. No injuries were reported.
Scattered thunderstorms developed across portions of La Paz county during the late morning hours on July 26th and they affected the area around Parker. The storms produced locally heavy rainfall with rain rates in excess of one inch per hour. The heavy rain led to the issuance of an Urban and Small Stream Flood Advisory for northern La Paz county, including the community of Parker. The advisory was issued at 1150 am and continued until 145 pm. At 1145 am, a local Emergency Manager reported that heavy rain caused roadway flooding in Parker, with water over curbs in some locations. Additionally, the heavy rain and associated gusty winds downed a few trees of unspecified diameters, and also downed a railroad crossing arm.
A 1 foot diameter mesquite tree fell on a home near 15th Street and Ocotillo Avenue. Damage to the home was not reported. Timing estimated from radar and wind estimated from damage report. No injuries reported.
Scattered monsoon thunderstorms developed around Parker during the evening hours on September 1st. Some of the stronger storms produced gusty and damaging outflow winds. According to a report from the public, at 2150MST outflow winds estimated to be at least 65 mph in strength knocked over a large pine tree located at the Wallace Elementary School. The trunk of the tree had an estimated diameter of nearly 18 inches. No injuries were reported.
The Arizona Department of Transportation reported water, mud, rocks, and debris flowing onto Riverside Drive in Parker, impeding travel. No damage or injuries were reported.
Heavy rain, with total rainfall of up to 3 inches, fell in Parker. The rain was associated with Tropical Storm Nora. There was a foot of standing water on many roads and many more were closed.
No historic map-sheet match is published
for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs
a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.
Browse the county's mapped places while that work is
pending.
Listed places nearby
1 within 8 miles
Other National Register properties close
enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both
positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties
to their map sheets.
Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
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.
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