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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.

Havasu Palms within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1911 to 1994

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Havasu Palms, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Havasu Palms, surveyed 1911

Compare 1911 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

54 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined43
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 2019Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreLake Havasu City Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
5 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado River DistrictSTEAMBOAT
20 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado River DistrictSARA PARK
17 September 2007Natural8.0 acresLake Havasu Refuges ComplexLOST LAKE
2 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLake Havasu City Fire Departmentnot named
16 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeBLACK ROCK
12 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLake Havasu City Fire Department8005327
11 August 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColorado River DistrictSTANDARD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Arizona Manganese ProspectManganese, IronPast ProducerPsilomelane, Pyrolusite
DunbarIron, Aluminum, Barium-Barite, Calcium, Magnesite, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, SilicaProspect
Pit 8362Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed ProspectManganese, TungstenProspect
Unnamed ProspectGold, Silver, CopperProspect
IslanderGold, Silver, CopperPast ProducerGold
IslanderGold, CopperProspect
Unnamed ProspectCopperOccurrence
Bonus GroupGold, Copper, SilverProspect
Unnamed ProspectGold, Copper, SilverProspect

Every working 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
Tin Shack (historical)2.0 miles21
Black Meadow Landing5.5 miles23
Havasu Lake9.1 miles22
Parker Dam10.6 miles23
Cross Roads13.2 miles25
Bluewater15.5 miles22
Earp16.2 miles22
Big River18.4 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.

Wikidata item Q122552910The 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.