Canyon Day, Arizona
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Fort Apache census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85941. It lies near Bear Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Canyon Day quadrangle. 1,205 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,000 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCanyon Day fell from 1,209 to 1,205 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 | 1,209 | |
| 2020 | 1,205 | -4 (-0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1954 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Canyon Day quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Canyon Day quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Seneca quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
609 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 609 fires within 5 miles of Canyon Day between 1992 and 2020, burning about 25,207 acres in total. 73 started naturally. 155 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 155 |
| Debris and open burning | 120 |
| Natural | 73 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 72 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 64 |
| Smoking | 45 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Other causes | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Fireworks | 8 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | NORTH SAWTOOTH TANK |
| 8 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | 7-MILE RIM |
| 6 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | G-1 |
| 6 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | THE DANCE |
| 3 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | FATCO |
| 26 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Fort Apache Agency | SAWMILL |
| 22 September 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | HIGH SCH |
| 16 September 2016 | Other causes | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | FINALLY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Canyon Day: 3 past producers, 3 unknowns. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Canyon Day in 2 storm reports in 2006: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2006 | Flash Flood | Canyon Day | - | Flash flooding closed portions of Highway 73 from Canyon Day west to Highway 60 (near Carrizo). Flooding was also reported in Canyon Day Flats and Bear Canyon. |
| July 2006 | Flash Flood | Canyon Day | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Apache Junction | 1.4 miles | 12 | |
| Cedar Creek Crossing | 10.8 miles | 12 | |
| Cedar Creek | 10.9 miles | 12 | |
| Black River Crossing | 11.0 miles | 13 | |
| Dehorn | 19.5 miles | 11 | |
| Carrizo | 20.0 miles | 12 | |
| Sawmill | 22.7 miles | 12 | |
| Rocky Junction | 24.3 miles | 11 |
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 Canyon Day | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1034008 | 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 2435. 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.







