Arivaca, Arizona
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Arivaca census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85601. It stands on Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Arivaca quadrangle. 623 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,643 feet above sea level.
On record in Arivaca
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
Arivaca Schoolhouselisted 2012
Surveyed buildings and structures 7 records
- Arivaca Ranch, Arivacafederal building survey, 3 photographs
- Double House, Arivacafederal building survey, 1 photograph
- House & Addition, Arivacafederal building survey, 1 photograph
- House, Arivacafederal building survey, 1 photograph
- House, Arivacafederal building survey, 1 photograph
- Houses, Arivacafederal building survey, 1 photograph
- Santa Gertrudes de Arivaca, Arivacafederal building survey, 2 photographs
Population over time
2 figuresArivaca fell from 695 to 623 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 | 695 | |
| 2020 | 623 | -72 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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
- 1941 USGS Arivaca quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Arivaca quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Arivaca quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Sells quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Arivaca quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
74 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Arivaca between 1993 and 2020, burning about 8,292 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined | 30 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2002 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Coronado National Forest | CANINE |
| 30 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | ARIVACA |
| 3 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 21 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Coronado National Forest | JARILLAS |
| 19 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | UNIVERSAL RANCH |
| 12 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 11 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | BUSHMASTER |
| 5 August 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge | CIENEGA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 139 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 139 workings within 5 miles of Arivaca: 101 past producers, 15 producers, 14 prospects, 5 occurrences. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Silver, Gold, Copper, Gold, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arivaca Creek Placers | Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Mercury | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Blue Jay and Gold Star | Lead, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Buena Vista Mine Group | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Carrasco | Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Conejo | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Cottontail Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc | Producer | 1938, 1939 | |
| Fair Play Mine | Lead, Gold, Copper, Silver, Zinc | Producer | 1931, 1962 | |
| Gismo 1-12 Claims | Gold, Silver, Uranium, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Gismo Claims | Gold, Copper, Silver, Uranium | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Gold Plate | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arivaca in 9 storm reports between 1996 and 2019: 5 flash flood, 4 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 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arivaca | $6,000 | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Flash Flood | Arivaca | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arivaca | - | A wind gust of 60 mph was recorded near Arivaca. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arivaca | - | Sasabe RAWS recorded a 66 mph wind gust. |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Arivaca | - | Heavy rain resulting in flash flooding near Arivaca began around 1430 MST when several low water crossings were reported as impassable. Law enforcement reported that Indian Road 19 just north of South Komelik had to be closed around 1500 MST. Heavy rain amounts such as 1.25 inches in 1 hour and 2.75 inches in 2.5 hours were reported by spotters. Both Sapo Tank and Yellowjacket Wash came up in a short period of time and flowed quickly throughout the afternoon. |
| September 2014 | Flash Flood | Arivaca | - | Heavy rain of over two inches in less than two hours flooded parts of Arivaca Road, causing it to be closed to traffic. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Arivaca | - | Several roads were flooded in the Arivaca area. |
| July 2003 | Flash Flood | Arivaca | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arivaca | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Las Guijas | 7.1 miles | 16 | |
| Sandwash Mill | 7.8 miles | 20 | |
| Puertocito | 9.1 miles | 18 | |
| Secundino | 10.1 miles | 16 | |
| Sasabe | 12.6 miles | 12 | |
| Sapano Vaya | 17.6 miles | 17 | |
| Buenos Aires | 17.6 miles | 17 | |
| Arivaca Junction | 17.8 miles | 19 |
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 Arivaca | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28696 | 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 25738. 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.








