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Anthem, Arizona

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Deer Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85086. The Survey maps it on the Biscuit Flat quadrangle. 23,190 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,863 feet above sea level.

Anthem within Maricopa County

Population over time

2 figures

Anthem grew from 21,700 to 23,190 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.

YearPeople Change
201021,700
202023,190+1,490 (+7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

674 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 674 fires within 5 miles of Anthem between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,676 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 15 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined595
Natural20
Smoking19
Arson/incendiarism15
Equipment and vehicle use8
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning2
Firearms and explosives use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDaisy Mountain Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department335330
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department333485
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department332637
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-101116
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department330608
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-101894
4 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePhoenix Fire Department328948

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maricopa County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Anthem: 6 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Silica, Copper, Silver, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brian LodeSilica, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, CopperOccurrence
Brian LodeCopper, Silver, Aluminum, Calcium, Gold, Iron, SilicaProspect
ContactGold, Silver, CopperOccurrence
Murray Sericite & TuffPumiceProspect
Murray Sericite and TuffVolcanic Materials, MicaOccurrenceTuff
White StarFeldspar, Barium-BariteOccurrence
Daisy MineCopperOccurrenceUnknown
Daisy MineCopper, Silver, GoldPast Producer
FairviewGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Maricopa County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
New River3.4 miles18
Wranglers Roost4.3 miles18
Dove Valley Ranch10.1 miles20
Cave Creek10.6 miles20
Parkview Estates11.4 miles19
Carefree Foothills11.5 miles20
Desert Wind11.5 miles20
Trovia12.1 miles20

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 AnthemAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q589160The 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 2054803. 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.