Apache Junction, Arizona
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the North Pinal census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85120. The Survey maps it on the Apache Junction quadrangle. 38,499 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,722 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresApache Junction grew from 35,840 to 38,499 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 | 35,840 | |
| 2020 | 38,499 | +2,659 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1904 USGS Desert Well quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Desert Well quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Apache Junction quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Apache Junction quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2004 USGS Apache Junction quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
195 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 195 fires within 5 miles of Apache Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,204 acres in total. 2 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 | 163 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Superstition Fire and Medical District | NOT NAMED |
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Superstition Fire and Medical District | NOT NAMED |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Superstition Fire and Medical District | NOT NAMED |
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Central District | BARKLEY |
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Superstition Fire and Medical District | NOT NAMED |
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Superstition Fire and Medical District | NOT NAMED |
| 4 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 30 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | BROADWAY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Apache Junction: 6 past producers, 3 prospects, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Silver, Kaolin. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denham Prospect | Copper, Lead, Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Mammoth Group | Gold, Copper, Silver, Manganese, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1893, 1978 | |
| Randolph Lead-Zinc Properties | Lead, Zinc, Copper | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Wallpai Brick Co. Clay Deposit | Kaolin | Past Producer | Kaolinite | |
| Winter Gold and Summer Gold Claims | Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Bulldog | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Bulldog Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper | Producer | 1892, 1914, 1942 | |
| Lost Desert Claims | Gold, Silver, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Mesa Gold Mining and Milling Co | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Gold Field | Gold | Prospect | Gold |
Storms near this place
5 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Apache Junction in 5 storm reports between 1994 and 1995: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Apache Junction | - | Winds associated with the same storm activity as the above entry blew a roof off of a house and damaged a mobile home. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Apache Junction | - | A trailer was blown over onto its side. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Apache Junction | - | 19,1800MST,,,0,0,?,0,Thunderstorm Winds Shingles were blown off a roof. A mobile home was blown off its foundation. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Apache Junction | - | Thunderstorm winds blew shingles off some roofs and snapped large branches off trees. |
| October 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Apache Junction | - | Shingles were blown off a roof. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roadhaven Recreational Vehicle Resort | 0.7 miles | 21 | |
| Palm Springs | 0.9 miles | 21 | |
| Youngberg | 4.5 miles | 22 | |
| Gold Canyon | 5.8 miles | 21 | |
| Gold Camp | 15.5 miles | 20 | |
| San Tan Valley | 15.5 miles | 19 | |
| Florence Junction | 15.6 miles | 20 | |
| Queen Valley | 15.9 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 Apache Junction | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79829 | 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 25702. 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.










