Amado, Arizona
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Nogales census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85645. It stands on Toros Wash. The Survey maps it on the Amado quadrangle. 198 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,097 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAmado fell from 295 to 198 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 | 295 | |
| 2020 | 198 | -97 (-33%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1920 USGS Arivaca quadrangle1:125000
- 1939 USGS Tubac quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Tubac quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Tubac quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Amado quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Sells quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2004 USGS Amado quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
59 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Amado between 1992 and 2020, burning about 148 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined | 41 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | KMP 48 |
| 15 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | ARIVACA ROAD |
| 17 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 21 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | CANOA 2 |
| 18 July 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AMADO |
| 15 July 2001 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | TWIN BUTTE |
| 13 July 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | BIG BBQ |
| 8 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | TUMACACORI |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Amado: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Marble, Dimension, Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amado | Marble, Dimension, Limestone, General | Past Producer | Limestone, Marble | |
| M and A Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Shaft Fe Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | Limonite, Magnetite |
Storms near this place
8 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Amado in 8 storm reports between 2005 and 2021: 6 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Amado | $750,000 | Thunderstorms produced 3 to 5 inches of rain along Sopori Wash and in Amado, which led to flash flooding in Amado. Water flowed at depths ranging from 2 to 5 feet deep through several commercial properties including a restaurant, feed store, automotive shop, and youth center, causing substantial damage to the buildings and their contents. Additionally, several RVs suffered water damage at a RV storage park. Minor damage also occurred to Arivaca Road and others in the area. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Amado | $5,000 | Two miles south of the Town of Amado a burm failed and caused two to three feet of water to run through a local farm, causing damage to crops and equipment in the field. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amado | $3,000 | A line of thunderstorms produced damaging winds that downed several trees in Amado. One of the trees downed a power line that caused a power outage to 200 customers for two hours. Winds also ripped a gate from its hinges at one residence. Additionally, a wind gust to 78 mph was recorded at the Hopkins RAWS station at 7100 feet MSL. |
| September 2012 | Flash Flood | Amado | $1,000 | A vehicle became stranded in flood waters on Arivaca Road. |
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | Amado | - | Two to four inches of rain in 90 minutes caused flash flooding of washes up to 3 feet deep across Arivaca Rd. prompting its closure. |
| August 2018 | Flash Flood | Amado | - | Heavy rain caused water to flow 3 feet deep across Arivaca Road between mile markers 17 and 18 near Batamote Wash. |
| July 2005 | Flash Flood | Amado | - | The Incident Meteorologist on the Florida Fire in Madera Canyon (10.5 miles east of Amado) reported that there was flash flooding in Madera Canyon with debris across Madera Canyon Road. |
| September 2018 | Hail | Amado | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agua Linda | 2.0 miles | 19 | |
| Sotos Crossing (historical) | 5.5 miles | 19 | |
| Tubac | 6.6 miles | 20 | |
| Carmen | 8.3 miles | 20 | |
| Tumacacori | 9.6 miles | 20 | |
| Madera Canyon | 9.8 miles | 23 | |
| Alto | 12.2 miles | 23 | |
| Otero | 12.5 miles | 20 |
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 Amado | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q452092 | 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 25614. 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.









