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.
Population over time
3 figuresCongress 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,717 | |
| 2010 | 1,975 | +258 (+15%) |
| 2020 | 1,811 | -164 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1887 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1903 USGS Congress quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Congress quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Congress quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Bradshaw Mts quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
60 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 44 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northwest District | VINNY |
| 13 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 1 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Congress Fire District | NOT NAMED |
| 8 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Congress Fire District | NOT NAMED |
| 28 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Congress Fire District | NOT NAMED |
| 27 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Congress Fire District | not named |
| 24 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Congress Fire District | NOT NAMED |
| 21 August 2006 | Natural | 10 acres | Phoenix District Office | RICH HILL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 29 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvarado Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper | Producer | 1905, 1935, 1943 | |
| Congres Mine, Patented 878 | Gold, Copper, Feldspar, Lead, Silver, Uranium | Past Producer | 1887 | |
| Congress Extension | Copper, Gold, Silver | Producer | ||
| Congress Feldspar | Feldspar | Occurrence | Feldspar | |
| Congress Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Uranium | Past Producer | 1883, 1887, 1950 | |
| Fluorite Crystal Area | Fluorine-Fluorite, Semiprecious Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Fluorite Crystals Area | Fluorine-Fluorite | Unknown | ||
| Golden Wave | Copper, Lead, Sulfur-Pyrite | Past Producer | ||
| Golden Wave Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Producer | 1934, 1938 | |
| Hartman | Gold, Lead, Silver | Prospect |
Storms near this place
15 since 2000Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Congress | $150,000 | A trained spotter posted pictures of several miles of downed power poles starting about 3.5 miles northwest of Wickenburg. |
| September 2022 | Hail | Congress | - | A trained spotter south-southeast of Congress reported hail up to 1 and 1/8 inch. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Congress | - | 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 2018 | Flash Flood | Congress | - | Arizona State Route 71 southbound was closed at milepost 95 west of US 93 due to a wash flowing over the roadway. |
| August 2018 | Flash Flood | Congress | - | 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 2016 | Heavy Rain | Congress | - | The Mid Martinez Creek Mesonet station (ZMMA3) recorded 1.10 inches of rainfall. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Congress | - | 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 2016 | Flash Flood | Congress | - | Martinez Wash rose 5.7 feet in less than an hour. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Congress | - | The Stanton RAWS measured a peak wind gust of 58 MPH with a thunderstorm in the area. |
| June 2015 | Heavy Rain | Congress | - | A spotter 10 miles southeast of Congress reported two inches of rain. |
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Congress | - | High water was flowing in Martinez Wash from near Congress to near Wickenburg. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Congress | - | Numerous trees up to 14 inches in diameter were knocked down by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Congress | - | A trained spotter reported a clear touchdown of a tornado in southern Yavapai County about 10 miles southeast of Congress. |
| September 2006 | Flash Flood | Congress | - | 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 2000 | Heavy Rain | Congress | - | 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.
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 Congress | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2096052 | 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 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.











