Dolan Springs is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,989 according to the 2020 census, U.S. Route 93 forms the western boundary of the community, which extends northeast across Detrital Valley and into a smaller valley between the Cerbat Mountains to the south and Table Mountain Plateau to the north. The town center is northeast of US 93, along County Highway 25 (Pierce Ferry Road). US 93 leads southeast to Kingman, the Mohave county seat, and northwest to Boulder City, Nevada.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Dolan Springs CDP has a total area of , all land.
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2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Dolan Springs had a population of 1,734. The median age was 59.8 years. 12.1% of residents were under the age of 18 and 36.0% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 114.3 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 115.6 males age 18 and over.
The population density was 29.8 people per square mile (11.5/km<sup>2</sup>). 0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 837 households in Dolan Springs, of which 11.2% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 42.5% were married-couple households, 30.6% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 18.9% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 36.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 19.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
Emergency services
EMS response in the Dolan Springs area can take hours. The Lake Mohave Ranchos Fire District has one ambulance that covers 2,200 square miles of Mohave County. The LMRFD ambulance covers the first 50 miles of US 93 from milepost one at Hoover Dam to milepost 50 near Dolan Springs, and from the Hualapai Indian reservation to the Nevada and Arizona border at the Colorado River.
The LMRFD staffs one Firefighter/EMT, and one Firefighter/paramedic. In Meadview, Paid on Call (or overtime for full-time) personnel man the station. There are also volunteers.
The section of US Route 93 in Arizona was ranked as the most dangerous highway in the U.S. This 200-mile-long road runs between Wickenburg, Arizona, and the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge, also known as the Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, near Nevada's border. Many drivers use this route when driving between Las Vegas and Phoenix. Most of the fatal crashes occur along the segment in Mohave County, Arizona. Overall, 70 fatal crashes reportedly took place on this highway from 2010 to 2016.
Recent changes to the intersection of US 93 and Pierce Ferry, the road to the Grand Canyon West, and the addition of several truck stops on US 93 north of Dolan Springs have made the highway far more dangerous. Slow speed trucks entering and crossing US 93 create a situation for high-speed crashes. In 2022 there have been several fatal crashes between milepost-1 and milepost-50 on US 93.
Response Times
Response times can be long in the LMRFD, at times taking hours for EMS to arrive. If the LMRFD is responding to a call in Meadview when an accident near Hoover Dam has occurred, it can take over four hours for EMS to arrive to the Hoover Dam.
Medical helicopters respond to accidents on US 93, but protocols don't allow them to transport a patient until a firefighter from the LMRFD has arrived and assessed the patient.
Emergency medical service units average more than 14 minutes in rural settings, with nearly 1 of 10 encounters waiting almost a half hour for the arrival of EMS personnel. Longer EMS response times have been associated with worse outcomes in trauma patients.
See also
- List of census-designated places in Arizona