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Havasu Lake, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Needles census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92363. It stands on Chemehuevi Wash. The Survey maps it on the Havasu Lake quadrangle.

Havasu Lake within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1911 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 74 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Havasu Lake, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Havasu Lake, surveyed 1911

Compare 1911 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 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

131 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Havasu Lake between 1993 and 2020, burning about 277 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined117
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1

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
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLake Havasu City Fire Departmentnot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresColorado River DistrictCAMPBELL
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeCAMPBELL
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDesert Hills Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
5 September 2002Natural95 acresLake Havasu Refuges ComplexBEALE
21 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
18 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLake Havasu City Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
18 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDesert Hills Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Havasu Lake: 3 producers, 2 prospects, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Gold. 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
Unnamed ProspectGypsum-AnhydriteProspect
Unnamed ProspectGoldProspect
Earth Products PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Havarin Ranch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Starr Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
State Pit #8374Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
State Pit No. 8374Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in San Bernardino County

Storms near this place

10 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Havasu Lake in 10 storm reports between 2012 and 2022: 8 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 death. 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
September 2022Thunderstorm WindHavasu Lake1 killedWaves estimated to be six feet high swept across Lake Havasu due to severe thunderstorm winds. Multiple boaters in distress were rescued from their crafts and from the water. One person was trapped under a capsized craft near the Havasu Landing Casino and drowned.
August 2021Flash FloodHavasu Lake$50,000Thirty low water crossings on Highway 95 between Needles and Havasu Lake Road were covered in mud and debris.
July 2014Flash FloodHavasu Lake$50,000Multiple vehicles were stuck in flowing water two to three feet deep on Highway 95.
July 2014Flash FloodHavasu Lake$10,000Several trucks were stuck in about a foot of flowing water near A Street and Main Street.
September 2012Flash FloodHavasu Lake$10,000Highway 95 was closed from Havasu Lake Road to Vidal Junction due to flooding.
August 2022Flash FloodHavasu Lake$1,000Highway 95 was flooded.
July 2018Flash FloodHavasu Lake$1,000Water flowed over a road at Havasu Landing on the Chemeheuvi reservation.
August 2016Flash FloodHavasu Lake$1,000Eight inches of water flowed over Highway 95 at mile marker 35.
September 2014Flash FloodHavasu Lake$1,000Over a foot of water flowed over Trails End Road and A Street.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindHavasu Lake-A man drowned on the California side of Lake Havasu. Thunderstorm winds gusting to 46 mph contributed to the drowning.

Every storm recorded in San Bernardino 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
Havasu Palms9.1 miles23
Tin Shack (historical)10.8 miles21
Black Meadow Landing14.6 miles23
Parker Dam19.7 miles23
Cross Roads21.3 miles25
Vidal Junction22.0 miles18
Parker Junction22.1 miles25
Bluewater22.5 miles22

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 Havasu LakeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14682145The 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 1660731. 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.