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Congress, Arizona

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Congress census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85332. It lies near Tenderfoot Hill. The Survey maps it on the Congress quadrangle. 1,811 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,045 feet above sea level.

Congress within Yavapai County

Population over time

3 figures

Congress grew from 1,717 to 1,811 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.

YearPeople Change
20001,717
20101,975+258 (+15%)
20201,811-164 (-8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 26 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

60 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Congress between 1992 and 2020, burning about 298 acres in total. 5 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/undetermined44
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
15 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northwest DistrictVINNY
13 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
1 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCongress Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
8 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCongress Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
28 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCongress Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
27 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCongress Fire Districtnot named
24 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCongress Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
21 August 2006Natural10 acresPhoenix District OfficeRICH HILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Congress: 8 past producers, 7 producers, 6 prospects, 5 unknowns. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Alvarado MineGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, CopperProducer1905, 1935, 1943
Congres Mine, Patented 878Gold, Copper, Feldspar, Lead, Silver, UraniumPast Producer1887
Congress ExtensionCopper, Gold, SilverProducer
Congress FeldsparFeldsparOccurrenceFeldspar
Congress MineGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, UraniumPast Producer1883, 1887, 1950
Fluorite Crystal AreaFluorine-Fluorite, Semiprecious GemstoneOccurrence
Fluorite Crystals AreaFluorine-FluoriteUnknown
Golden WaveCopper, Lead, Sulfur-PyritePast Producer
Golden Wave MineGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincProducer1934, 1938
HartmanGold, Lead, SilverProspect

Every working recorded in Yavapai County

Storms near this place

15 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Congress in 15 storm reports between 2000 and 2022: 7 flash flood, 3 heavy rain, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
September 2022Thunderstorm WindCongress$150,000A trained spotter posted pictures of several miles of downed power poles starting about 3.5 miles northwest of Wickenburg.
September 2022HailCongress-A trained spotter south-southeast of Congress reported hail up to 1 and 1/8 inch.
August 2022Flash FloodCongress-The Antelope Creek river gauge at Wickenburg Ranch started rising at 430 PM (around 349 CFS) and peaked at 1359 CFS at 455 PM MST.
August 2018Flash FloodCongress-Arizona State Route 71 southbound was closed at milepost 95 west of US 93 due to a wash flowing over the roadway.
August 2018Flash FloodCongress-A stream gauge on Martinez Creek showed a two foot rise from dry to 1,400 CFS. Flooding was reported on Matthie Ranch Road.
August 2016Heavy RainCongress-The Mid Martinez Creek Mesonet station (ZMMA3) recorded 1.10 inches of rainfall.
August 2016Flash FloodCongress-A 9.1 foot rise was reported on Martinez Creek. Residents downstream reported washed out roads. Some area were not accessible because of the flooding.
August 2016Flash FloodCongress-Martinez Wash rose 5.7 feet in less than an hour.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindCongress-The Stanton RAWS measured a peak wind gust of 58 MPH with a thunderstorm in the area.
June 2015Heavy RainCongress-A spotter 10 miles southeast of Congress reported two inches of rain.
October 2015Flash FloodCongress-High water was flowing in Martinez Wash from near Congress to near Wickenburg.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindCongress-Numerous trees up to 14 inches in diameter were knocked down by thunderstorm winds.
May 2008Tornado (EF0)Congress-A trained spotter reported a clear touchdown of a tornado in southern Yavapai County about 10 miles southeast of Congress.
September 2006Flash FloodCongress-A flash flood in the Hassayampa Wash stranded a vehicle in a low water crossing on Rincon Road north of Wickenburg for several hours.
August 2000Heavy RainCongress-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Yavapai 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
Congress Junction0.3 miles26
Piedmont5.3 miles26
Glen Ilah6.1 miles26
Stanton6.4 miles31
Yarnell6.8 miles31
Flores7.1 miles26
Hawkins7.7 miles25
Sand Mill8.1 miles31

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 CongressAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2096052The 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 3172. 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.