Eloy, Arizona
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Eloy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85131. The Survey maps it on the Eloy North quadrangle. 15,635 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,555 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresEloy fell from 16,631 to 15,635 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 | 16,631 | |
| 2020 | 15,635 | -996 (-6%) |
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.
- 1922 USGS Signal Peak quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1924 USGS Signal Peak quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Eloy North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Eloy North quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Casa Grande quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
251 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 251 fires within 5 miles of Eloy between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,833 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 176 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 7 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | CHUI CHU 2 |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | ELEVEN MILE |
| 30 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Eloy Fire District | not named |
| 2 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Eloy Fire District | NOT NAMED |
| 2 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.6 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | MCCLELLAN |
| 19 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | 1090 |
| 17 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Eloy: 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sand and Gravel Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sand and Gravel | |
| Sand and Gravel Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sand and Gravel | |
| Sand and Gravel Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sand and Gravel |
Storms near this place
15 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eloy in 15 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eloy | 1 hurt, $1,000,000 | Thunderstorm winds up to 75 mph impacted Eloy, Arizona when a microburst descended near the Volvo equipment rental facility. These strong winds resulted in significant damage in a divergent pattern across southeast portions of Eloy. A total of 20 homes sustained significant damage. Some had roof structures blown off, while some suffered total roof collapses and one had a tree fell on it and a nearby vehicle. Of the 20 homes, 14 were condemned. Several other homes sustained damage due to flying debris while still others only had shingle damage. In addition, eight businesses were damaged beyond repair including one that also collapsed onto cars and equipment. Several power poles were also downed resulting in widespread power outages in the August heat forcing Eloy to set up a cooling center in a local high school. A number of semi-tractor trailers were also blown over in a parking lot. One person sustained minor injuries when winds ripped the roof off a mobile home. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eloy | $75,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused damage in Eloy. The sheet metal roof and a wall of a tire shop was blown off near Sunshine Blvd and Frontier St. and a nearby power pole was damaged. A tree was blown onto power lines near 5th and D streets and an empty semi trailer was blown on its side near Santa Cruz Ave. and 1st St. |
| August 1999 | Lightning | Eloy | $60,000 | Lightning caused a house fire. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eloy | $50,000 | A line of severe thunderstorms moving through south-central Pinal county knocked down several power poles and power lines. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eloy | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged the roof of a storage building, an awning at a gas station and downed several trees in Eloy. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eloy | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew a mobile home over and into the yard of next door residence. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eloy | $2,000 | A line of severe thunderstorms moved across southeast Pinal county. Damaging winds downed 2 power poles and ripped off small porches and awnings in a trailer park in the Eloy area. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eloy | $2,000 | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eloy | $500 | Thunderstorm winds damaged equipment causing power outage to 8 customers for an unknown duration of time. |
| October 2025 | Flood | Eloy | $500 | Pinal County Sherriff reported water rescue in flood waters most of the way up the stranded car. Rescue was on Battaglia Drive between Highway 87 and La Palma road. Battaglia Drive was reported to have been already closed due to flood waters. Rainfall occurred afternoon of October 13 and a Flash Flood Warning had been previously issued with those thunderstorms. |
| November 2019 | Flash Flood | Eloy | - | A strong low developing west of Arizona began to spread considerable moisture, some of it tropical in nature, into central and southeast Arizona during the evening hours on November 19th. Widespread showers and isolated thunderstorms developed leading to moderate or even heavy rain at times. The heavy rain caused some flash flooding southeast of Phoenix and around the town of Arizona City during the early evening. According to the Arizona Department of Highways, flash flooding caused the closure of Alsdorf Road from Sunland Gin to Lamb Roads. Other minor flooding was also reported in Casa Grande, however this did not result in road closures. |
| July 2010 | Heavy Rain | Eloy | - | Rainfall of .63 inch in only 20 minutes. Winds were estimated at 40 mph with thunderstorms. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eloy | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down phone lines, damaged the roofs of a few mobile homes, knocked over dumpsters, and blew down some trees. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Eloy | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Hail | Eloy | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toltec | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Picacho | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Arizona City | 6.2 miles | 20 | |
| Eleven Mile Corner | 8.6 miles | 21 | |
| La Palma | 8.8 miles | 21 | |
| Friendly Corners | 9.5 miles | 19 | |
| Wymola | 10.4 miles | 19 | |
| Arizola | 10.7 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 Eloy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q80072 | 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 4421. 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.









