Arrowhead Junction, California
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Needles census division. The Survey maps it on the Bannock quadrangle. It stands 1,654 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1943 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 42 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1943 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1943 USGS Bannock quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Needles quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Bannock quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Needles quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1981 USGS Needles quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Bannock quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Needles quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Arrowhead Junction between 1992 and 2011, burning about 2 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 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 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | GOFFS |
| 17 July 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | WATERS |
| 13 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mojave National Preserve | BLM AST#20 |
| 10 July 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | California Desert District | IBIS |
| 28 June 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | San Bernardino Unit | KLINEFELTER |
| 16 May 1993 | Natural | under an acre | California Desert District | NEEDLES |
| 27 March 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | TENNESSEE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Arrowhead Junction: 6 prospects, 3 occurrences, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Copper, Gold, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuckwalla Wash Prospect | Copper, Gold, Silver | Prospect | Barite, Bornite, Covellite, Gold | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | ||
| Minnie Gold | Gold, Copper | Past Producer | Surface/Underground | |
| Minnie Gold | Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Black Mountain | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Gold Butte | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Hidden Treasure | Copper | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Pyrite | |
| Hidden Treasure | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Moonlight | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Moonlight | Copper | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ibis | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Bannock | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Klinefelter | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Homer | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Java | 6.4 miles | 23 | |
| Goffs | 12.7 miles | 18 | |
| Needles | 12.9 miles | 25 | |
| Fort Piute (historical) | 14.6 miles | 31 |
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 Q17143837 | 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 252845. 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.






