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Arizona City, Arizona

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Eloy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85123. The Survey maps it on the Casa Grande Mountains quadrangle. 9,868 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,509 feet above sea level.

Arizona City within Pinal County

Population over time

2 figures

Arizona City fell from 10,475 to 9,868 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
201010,475
20209,868-607 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

85 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Arizona City between 1992 and 2019, burning about 7,624 acres in total. None 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/undetermined55
Debris and open burning13
Equipment and vehicle use6
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking2

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
27 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
19 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office1090
17 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeBACKSIDE
3 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEloy Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
16 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresEloy Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
13 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeSUNLAND
9 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeBATAGLIA
31 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeELOY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pinal County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Arizona City: 18 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel

Every working recorded in Pinal County

Storms near this place

13 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arizona City in 13 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 heavy rain, 2 flood, 2 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2006FloodArizona City$300,000Numerous streets and fields flooded south of Arizona City after the Santa Cruz Wash was breached upstream of Arizona City. One area that was hit the hardest was Silver Bell Estates. Three structures flooded in the town of Kearny.
July 2012Heavy RainArizona City$250,000A cluster of thunderstorms developed in the area from Casa Grande southeast to Arizona City; the storms produced locally heavy rainfall during the late morning hours on July 4th. Radar estimates, as well as surrounding rain gage reports, suggested that three hourly totals between one and two inches occurred in the community of Arizona City between 9 am and noon. A weather report received via CoCoRaHS indicated 1.05 inches of rain fell in Arizona City, as of 9 am. Pinal county law enforcement reported road closures in Arizona City due to heavy rainfall. According to a local news report, a number of residents of Arizona City experienced significant urban flooding during the morning due to the heavy rains; water up to a foot deep flooded their subdivisions and flowed into their homes, causing water damage to the first floor as well as their patios/pavers. Insufficent drainage allowed the locally heavy rains to quickly pond up across the lower elevations of Arizona City, and the water levels remained high through the afternoon hours.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindArizona City$100,000A microburst caused considerable damage near Arizona City, partially destroying structures and roofs, overturning cars and knocking down walls.
December 2022FloodArizona City$10,000Images from the Pinal County Sheriff Office indicated several low water crossings around Arizona City flooded, resulting in multiple disabled vehicles. Due to the prolonged period of flooding, some school districts around the area closed down the following day. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain fell in the area. The most likely reason for the flooding was the washes that run through the area likely overflowed. No injuries were reported.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindArizona City$5,000Thunderstorm winds snapped power poles south of Arizona City, closing three county roads.
March 2024Tornado (EFU)Arizona City-Visual photos showed a weak landspout developed over an open field near the Casa Grande Mountains just south of Casa Grande, AZ from a thunderstorm cell moving over the area. The landspout lasted for about 8 minutes with no evidence of any damages or injuries.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindArizona City-A 74 mph wind gust was measured along the area of Sunland Gin Road and Kramer Lane in Arizona City.
July 2021Flash FloodArizona City-Social media video showed water flowing over Sunland Gin Road near Tonto Road. Time estimated from radar rainfall estimates. No damages or injuries reported.
July 2021Flash FloodArizona City-Flash flooding reported near a truck stop at Sunland Gin Road and Interstate-10. Water was a few feet deep in spots. Timing estimated from radar rainfall estimates. No damages or injuries reported.
July 2010Heavy RainArizona City-Heavy rain started Friday night, July 30 and continued into early morning July 31. Streets were flooded and at least one home on West Obregon Drive had been flooded.
August 2006Heavy RainArizona City-Very heavy rainfall spread across portions of Northwest Pinal County. One spotter west of Casa Grande reported a half inch of rain in only 8 minutes.
August 2006Heavy RainArizona City-Heavy rain resulted in some flooding in Arizona City. One spotter reported .62 inch in only 30 minutes.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindArizona City-Thunderstorm winds blew down several power poles.

Every storm recorded in Pinal 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
Toltec3.9 miles19
Chuichu6.0 miles17
Eloy6.2 miles19
Shopishk6.3 miles19
Arizola7.0 miles20
Casa Grande9.7 miles18
Picacho9.7 miles19
Eleven Mile Corner10.2 miles21

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 Arizona CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q670299The 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 770. 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.