Alpine, Arizona
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Eagar-Springerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85920. It stands on Turkey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Alpine quadrangle. 146 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 8,012 feet above sea level.
On record in Alpine
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Alpine Elementary Schoollisted 1997
Population over time
2 figuresAlpine grew from 145 to 146 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 145 | |
| 2020 | 146 | +1 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1922 USGS Nutrioso quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Alpine quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Nutrioso quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Alpine quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Alpine quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
166 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 166 fires within 5 miles of Alpine between 1992 and 2020, burning about 82 acres in total. 113 started naturally. 2 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 113 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | XE |
| 23 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | COYOTE |
| 22 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | LONG CANYON |
| 2 September 2008 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | DIVIDE |
| 2 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | DRIZZLE |
| 2 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | LITTLE CREEK |
| 19 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | CORONADO |
| 19 September 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | HIGHWAY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Alpine: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zeolites. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine | Zeolites | Occurrence | Clinoptilolite | |
| Nutrioso Zeolites | Zeolites | Occurrence | Analcime, Clinoptilolite |
Storms near this place
14 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alpine in 14 storm reports between 2002 and 2013: 5 heavy rain, 5 flash flood, 3 hail, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2011 | Flash Flood | Alpine | $20,000 | Arizona Department of Transportation reported flooding on Highway 180 from mile post 419 to 425. A motorcycle was swept away. The driver was able to escape. Water was flowing over subdivision streets on the north side of Alpine. |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Alpine | $20,000 | A flash flood and mud slide crossed Highway 191 just south of Alpine. |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Alpine | $10,000 | Spotters reported water, mud, and burn area debris/ash flowing across residential properties and threatening homes. |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Alpine | $5,000 | Apache Country Road 2153 (unmaintained) near Alpine flooded and was impassable. |
| July 2013 | Heavy Rain | Alpine | - | Two inches of rain fell in less than an hour in Alpine. Two to three inches of water covered the intersection of Highways 180 and 191. |
| January 2013 | Heavy Rain | Alpine | - | Rain showers developed over Apache County during the early hours of January 26 and continued through the 28th. The heaviest rain fell over orographically favored areas. The greatest rainfall totals include: 2 miles north of McNary 1.65 inches, Tsaile 1.15 inches, Canyon de Chelly 1.11 inches, and Window Rock Airport 1.09. The snow level remained high for most of this event. Snow reports include: Sunrise Ski 6.0 inches and Window Rock 3 inches. |
| August 2012 | Flash Flood | Alpine | - | Heavy rain fell for 30 minutes northwest of Alpine. Three feet of water covered a country road. Highway 180 was also closed until the water receded and the debris was cleared. |
| August 2011 | Heavy Rain | Alpine | - | Heavy rain fell for about 45 minutes with a total of 0.65 in Alpine. Several County/Forest Service Roads and Highway 180 were flooded south of Alpine. One road was closed. |
| December 2007 | Heavy Rain | Alpine | - | Heavy rain fell across the lower elevations southern Apache County from December 7th through December 11th. About 3.50 inches of rain and melted snow fell just north of McNary. |
| September 2007 | Hail | Alpine | - | Nickel to quarter sized (7/8 inch to 1 inch diameter) hail fell in Alpine. The nickel sized hail covered the ground to at least one inch deep. Two inches of rain were also reported with this storm. However, no damage wes reported. |
| December 2007 | Heavy Rain | Alpine | - | Heavy rain fell over Apache county during the day. Some rainfall totals include: Pine Hill (RAWS) 0.80, Window Rock Airport 0.65, St Johns Airport 0.40, Alpine. 1.80, and Greer 0.90. |
| August 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Alpine | - | A waterspout formed over the west end of Big Lake (about 15 miles west of Alpine). The spout lifted water into the air then moved into the forest. |
| August 2004 | Hail | Alpine | - | 3/4 inch diameter hail was reported at the Alpine Ranger Station for half an hour. |
| August 2002 | Hail | Alpine | - | One inch hail fell for six minutes in Alpine. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Troweek | 7.1 miles | 15 | |
| Boneyard | 7.2 miles | 15 | |
| Nutrioso | 8.0 miles | 14 | |
| Three Forks | 9.1 miles | 15 | |
| Feaster | 9.9 miles | 14 | |
| Crosby Crossing | 11.6 miles | 15 | |
| Rosebud | 12.4 miles | 18 | |
| Correjo Crossing | 17.1 miles | 17 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Alpine | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3476608 | 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 25603. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.








