Quartzsite, Arizona
Overview
Quartzsite is a town in La Paz County
, Arizona
, United States
. According to Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town was 3,397 in 2006.
Interstate 10
runs directly through Quartzsite. It is at the intersection of U.S. Route 95 and Arizona State Route 95 with I 10.
Quartzsite is located at 33°39′54"N 114°13′15"W (33.665116, -114.220913).
According to the United States Census Bureau
, the town has a total area of 36.3 square miles (94.0 km²), all land.
Quatzsite lies on the western portion of the La Posa Plain
along Tyson Wash
.
La Paz County, Arizona
La Paz County is a county in the western part of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2010 census its population was 20,489. The county seat is Parker...
, Arizona
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. According to Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town was 3,397 in 2006.
Interstate 10
Interstate 10
Interstate 10 is the fourth-longest Interstate Highway in the United States, after I-90, I-80, and I-40. It is the southernmost east–west, coast-to-coast Interstate Highway, although I-4 and I-8 are further south. It stretches from the Pacific Ocean at State Route 1 in Santa Monica,...
runs directly through Quartzsite. It is at the intersection of U.S. Route 95 and Arizona State Route 95 with I 10.
Quartzsite is located at 33°39′54"N 114°13′15"W (33.665116, -114.220913).
According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...
, the town has a total area of 36.3 square miles (94.0 km²), all land.
Quatzsite lies on the western portion of the La Posa Plain
La Posa Plain
The La Posa Plain is a wide, generally flat plain in western Arizona near the Colorado River and is on the west and northwest border of the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge. The plain lies to the east of the Colorado River Indian Reservation and east of the Dome Rock and Trigo Mountains. Quartzsite,...
along Tyson Wash
Tyson Wash
Tyson Wash is one of the larger eastern-bank dry washes that enter the Colorado River in western Arizona. It drains the La Posa Plain south-to-north and is also coincident with the Plain, ....
.
