Ash Fork, Arizona
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Ash Fork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86320. The Survey maps it on the Ash Fork quadrangle. 361 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,161 feet above sea level.
On record in Ash Fork
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 2 records
Ash Fork Maintenance Camp #1listed 2000
Perkinsville Bridgelisted 1989
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Ash Fork Steel Dam, Johnson Canyon, Ash Forkfederal building survey, 1 photograph
Population over time
3 figuresAsh Fork fell from 457 to 361 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 457 | |
| 2010 | 396 | -61 (-13%) |
| 2020 | 361 | -35 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 26 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.
- 1886 USGS Chino quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1891 USGS Chino quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1922 USGS Williams quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Ash Fork quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Ash Fork quadrangle1:63360
- 1948 USGS Williams quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Ash Fork quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Williams quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Williams quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Williams quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Williams quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Ash Fork quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Williams quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Photographs
6 photographs, 1943 to 2018Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
57 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Ash Fork between 1993 and 2020, burning about 38 acres in total. 11 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 | 33 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | CARLO |
| 26 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | PUTNEY |
| 22 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 12 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northwest District | ROCKY |
| 12 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ash Fork Volunteer Fire District | 91218 |
| 10 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 25 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northwest District | JOHNSONS |
| 21 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | DRAW MOUTH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Ash Fork: 12 past producers, 10 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Volcanic Materials, Volcanic Materials, Aggregate, Light Weight. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cruice Pit | Volcanic Materials, Aggregate, Light Weight | Past Producer | ||
| Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | Scoria | |
| Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | Scoria | |
| Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | Scoria | |
| Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | Scoria | |
| Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | Scoria | |
| Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | Scoria | |
| Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | Scoria | |
| Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | Scoria | |
| Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | Scoria |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinaveta | 4.7 miles | 22 | |
| Meath (historical) | 7.3 miles | 25 | |
| Crookton | 12.8 miles | 18 | |
| Drake | 17.8 miles | 30 | |
| Eddy Place | 19.3 miles | 25 | |
| Mack | 21.0 miles | 28 | |
| Seligman | 22.0 miles | 20 | |
| Abra | 22.4 miles | 30 |
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 Ash Fork | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q724615 | 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 25794. 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.












