Elfrida, Arizona
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Elfrida census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85610. The Survey maps it on the Elfrida quadrangle. 421 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,150 feet above sea level.
On record in Elfrida
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 1 record
Monte Vista Lookout Cabinlisted 1988
Population over time
2 figuresElfrida fell from 459 to 421 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 | 459 | |
| 2020 | 421 | -38 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1916 USGS Pearce quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1922 USGS Swisshelm quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Swisshelm Mtn quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Elfrida quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Chiricahua Peak quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Elfrida quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
2 photographs, 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.
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
29 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Elfrida between 1994 and 2020, burning about 143 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Elfrida Fire District | not named |
| 22 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast District | MCNEAL |
| 12 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast District | ELFRIDA |
| 8 June 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | 27TH |
| 30 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | JEFFERSON |
| 29 June 2008 | Natural | 3.6 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | THOMPSON |
| 22 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast District | ELFRIDA |
| 18 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast District | WAGON WHEEL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elfrida in 14 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 6 flash flood, 3 hail, 3 flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Flood | Elfrida | $1,500,000 | Rainfall of 2 at the headwaters of Rucker Creek traveled downstream and through and existing breach in a berm combined with rainfall in the immediate area, resulted in an exacerbation of flooding in Elfrida. Flood waters expanded west of Highway 191 and became deeper throughout most of the community. A total of 42 residences sustained at least some flood damage. Eleven sustained major damage and 3 were determined to be a total loss. A couple of businesses also sustained flood damage and floodwaters also affected septic tanks and wells. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elfrida | $100,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed or snapped multiple power poles in the Elfrida and McNeal areas. One house, one barn and one garage also suffered substantial roof damage. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Elfrida | $50,000 | A breach in the berm along Rucker Creek near Bell and Thompson Roads resulted in flash flooding of roadways near the creek in eastern sections of Elfrida. |
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | Elfrida | $15,000 | Two inches of rain in 1 to 2 hours caused flash flooding in central Cochise County. Highway 191 near Birch Rd was flooded. Gleeson Rd. was washed out near mile post 20 and a swift water rescue occurred at mile post 14. |
| August 1997 | Flood | Elfrida | $10,000 | Thunderstorms dumped 2-3 inches of rain which caused five homes to be flooded. Damage was mainly to carpet and furniture. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Elfrida | $500 | Cochise County Public Health official reported extensive roadway flooding along Courtland Road in Elfrida, AZ. |
| August 2022 | Flood | Elfrida | - | Rainfall of 1-1.5 in 3 hours caused sheet flooding and mud close portions of Gleason, Frontier and Davis Rds. near Elfrida and McNeal. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Elfrida | - | Heavy rain of 1.5 in Elfrida and upstream of a breached berm along Rucker Creek caused flash flooding of streets in Elfrida. Yards also became flooded to the bases of houses. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Elfrida | - | Penny size hail was reported in Elfrida. |
| July 2002 | Flash Flood | Elfrida | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Elfrida | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elfrida | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Flash Flood | Elfrida | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Elfrida | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grizzles Orchard | 5.8 miles | 19 | |
| McNeal | 5.9 miles | 19 | |
| Gleeson | 8.3 miles | 21 | |
| Courtland | 8.7 miles | 18 | |
| Sunizona | 13.7 miles | 19 | |
| Double Adobe | 15.1 miles | 23 | |
| Black Diamond | 16.0 miles | 19 | |
| Pearce | 16.7 miles | 18 |
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 Elfrida | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2841688 | 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 4408. 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.
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.









