Buckshot Arizona Map

About Buckshot, Arizona

Buckshot is a locality in Yuma County, Arizona, United States. It is a small community with a population of 70. The population density is 89.2 people per km². Buckshot is located at 32.7404°N, 114.4829°W. It observes the Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) timezone. ZIP code: 85365.

Buckshot defines the dry, sun-bleached horizon where the Gila Gravity Main Canal carves a deliberate line through the parched earth. It lies 7.0 miles northwest of Fortuna Foothills, AZ (from Fortuna Foothills, AZ: bearing 324°T), and is situated 8.3 miles east of Yuma. The air here holds a heavy, static weight, shimmering as it rises from the expanse of State Trust Land that stretches out in every direction. Beyond the immediate reach of the canal, the ground yields to a rugged desert floor, where the silhouette of the Laguna Mountains rises against the sky like a jagged, distant promise. When the light leans low in the evening, the dust particles catch the amber rays, turning the vast, open plains into a palette of copper and muted gold, while the silence of the North Gila Valley settles over the land with a singular, profound intensity.

Agriculture dictates the tempo of existence in Buckshot, mirroring the steady, controlled flow of the water that sustains the surrounding fields. The legacy of the land is whispered in the proximity of the Route of Butterfield Stage, an echo of the travelers who once moved through these arid stretches long before modern irrigation organized the landscape. Life here remains tethered to the cycles of the harvest and the seasonal shift of the heat, with Mittry Lake providing a rare, liquid stillness five miles away from the primary thoroughfares. Time in Buckshot does not hurry, instead folding into the routine of maintaining the irrigation veins and watching the monsoon thunderheads gather their violet mass over the distant peaks, marking the slow, predictable rhythm of a life lived in harmony with the desert.

About This Buckshot Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Buckshot, Arizona. Coordinates: 32.7404, -114.4829. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Buckshot includes the ZIP code (85365), telephone area code (480), county seat of Yuma County (Yuma), and school district assignment (Yuma Elementary District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.