Havasu Palms, California
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Needles census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92363. It stands on Whipple Wash. The Survey maps it on the Lake Havasu City South quadrangle.
Then and now
1911 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1911 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 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.
- 1911 USGS Parker quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Whipple Mts. quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Whipple Mts quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Whipple Mts quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Needles quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Needles quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1970 USGS Lake Havasu City South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Needles quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Parker quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Lake Havasu City South quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
54 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Havasu Palms between 1992 and 2020, burning about 22 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Lake Havasu City Fire Department | NOT NAMED |
| 5 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado River District | STEAMBOAT |
| 20 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado River District | SARA PARK |
| 17 September 2007 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Lake Havasu Refuges Complex | LOST LAKE |
| 2 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lake Havasu City Fire Department | not named |
| 16 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | BLACK ROCK |
| 12 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lake Havasu City Fire Department | 8005327 |
| 11 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Colorado River District | STANDARD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 24 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Havasu Palms: 13 prospects, 6 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Silver, Copper, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona Manganese Prospect | Manganese, Iron | Past Producer | Psilomelane, Pyrolusite | |
| Dunbar | Iron, Aluminum, Barium-Barite, Calcium, Magnesite, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica | Prospect | ||
| Pit 8362 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Manganese, Tungsten | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Gold, Silver, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Islander | Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Islander | Gold, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Bonus Group | Gold, Copper, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Gold, Copper, Silver | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tin Shack (historical) | 2.0 miles | 21 | |
| Black Meadow Landing | 5.5 miles | 23 | |
| Havasu Lake | 9.1 miles | 22 | |
| Parker Dam | 10.6 miles | 23 | |
| Cross Roads | 13.2 miles | 25 | |
| Bluewater | 15.5 miles | 22 | |
| Earp | 16.2 miles | 22 | |
| Big River | 18.4 miles | 22 |
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 Q122552910 | 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 1660732. 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.









