Claypool, Arizona
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Globe-Miami census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85532. It stands on Bloody Tanks Wash. The Survey maps it on the Globe quadrangle. 1,395 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,327 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresClaypool fell from 1,794 to 1,395 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 | 1,794 | |
| 2010 | 1,538 | -256 (-14%) |
| 2020 | 1,395 | -143 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1901 USGS Globe quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1902 USGS Globe quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Globe quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 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
- 1986 USGS Globe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2004 USGS Globe quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
118 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Claypool between 1992 and 2020, burning about 184 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 12 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 | 69 |
| Natural | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tri-City Fire District | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Natural | 155 acres | Tonto National Forest | MUSKHOG |
| 6 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | BEAUTY |
| 30 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Tonto National Forest | not named |
| 29 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tri-City Fire District | 2703 |
| 29 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Globe Fire Department | 1433 |
| 25 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Globe Fire Department | 1418 |
| 25 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tri-City Fire District | 2663 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 134 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 134 workings within 5 miles of Claypool: 78 past producers, 34 producers, 10 prospects, 9 occurrences. 36 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Manganese, Gold, Copper, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Lea Mine | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Molybdenum, Vanadium, Zinc | Past Producer | 1941, 1946 | |
| Albert Lea Tunnels | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Vanadium | Past Producer | ||
| Apache Mine | Vanadium, Lead, Molybdenum, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold, Semiprecious Gemstone | Past Producer | 1875, 1929, 1957 | |
| Azurite Mine | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Big Johnnie Mine | Copper, Iron | Past Producer | 1901 | |
| Cedar Tree Deposit | Silver, Copper, Gold, Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Copper Cities & Diamond H | Copper, Gold, Zinc, Silver, Molybdenum, Lead, Uranium, Gemstone | Past Producer | 1896 | |
| Copper Hill | Copper, Silica, Silver, Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Cyprus Miami | Copper, Molybdenum, Silver, Gold, Rhodium, Zinc, Lead, PGE | Producer | 1872, 1915 | |
| Day Peaks Area Veins | Molybdenum, Lead, Tungsten, Gold | Occurrence | Vein |
Storms near this place
3 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Claypool in 3 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 2 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | Flash Flood | Claypool | $100,000 | Video showed significant flash flooding along US-60 near Grover Canyon Rd with a few feet of water in front of the Miami Regional Training Center with water up to the hoods of several cars. No injuries reported. |
| September 2025 | Flash Flood | Claypool | - | Fast flowing water along Vanwinkle Avenue in Miami. No damages or injuries reported. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Claypool | - | Ten inch diameter tree blown over onto a resident. Minor damage to a trailer door by downed electric power lines. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Gardens | 0.8 miles | 20 | |
| Lower Miami | 0.8 miles | 20 | |
| Midland City | 1.0 miles | 20 | |
| Central Heights | 1.5 miles | 20 | |
| Miami | 1.6 miles | 20 | |
| Little Acres | 1.6 miles | 20 | |
| Inspiration | 2.2 miles | 23 | |
| Burch | 2.3 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 Claypool | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2275713 | 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 27695. 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.









