Elgin, Arizona
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Patagonia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85611. It lies near Hay Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Elgin quadrangle. 162 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,728 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresElgin grew from 161 to 162 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 | 161 | |
| 2020 | 162 | +1 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 27 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.
- 1904 USGS Patagonia quadrangle1:125000
- 1905 USGS Patagonia quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1932 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Fort Huachuca quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1996 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
104 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Elgin between 1993 and 2020, burning about 11,574 acres in total. 45 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 45 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | RED BIRD HILLS |
| 2 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | RAIN VALLEY |
| 8 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.5 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | BABOCOMARI |
| 30 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | MUSTANG |
| 3 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | RAIN |
| 25 August 2015 | Natural | 56 acres | Gila District Office | BALD HILL |
| 24 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | RAIN VALLEY |
| 23 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Gila District Office | ROSE TREE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elgin in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 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 2010 | Hail | Elgin | $10,000 | An owner of a grape vineyard in Elgin reported hail for 15 minutes with the largest being golf ball size (1.75). Damage to the vineyard was extensive, with nearly all the 2010 grape crop lost. Crop losses at this one vineyard were estimated at six tons which translated to between 10 and 15 thousand dollars, ultimately resulting in a loss of wine valued at 100 to 150 thousand dollars. Extensive damage was also sustained at other vineyards in area. Hail also dented vehicles and broke their windows. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elgin | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elgin | $1,000 | This report goes along with thunderstorm which produced 1.75 inch diameter hail in Elgin. Just before and during the storm, the vineyard owner reported an estimate of at least 60 mph winds. Damage was limited to farm structures and not dwellings. |
| August 2020 | Flash Flood | Elgin | - | Around 1.5 of rain fell in less than an hour in the Elgin area causing 8 to 12 inches of water to flow across Elgin Road. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elgin | - | Severe thunderstorms resulted in tree limbs eight inches in diameter downed near Elgin. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Elgin | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Elgin | - | no account filed |
| October 2018 | Hail | Elgin | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elgin | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elgin | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hacienda Los Encino | 6.5 miles | 28 | |
| Sonoita | 7.0 miles | 28 | |
| Canelo | 8.1 miles | 26 | |
| Patagonia | 14.8 miles | 22 | |
| Harshaw | 16.4 miles | 22 | |
| Trench Camp | 17.3 miles | 22 | |
| Alto | 19.1 miles | 23 | |
| Madera Canyon | 19.3 miles | 23 |
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 Elgin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q511865 | 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 28852. 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.












