Flowing Wells, Arizona
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Tucson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85705. It stands on Pima Wash. The Survey maps it on the Jaynes quadrangle. 15,657 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,270 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresFlowing Wells fell from 16,419 to 15,657 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 | 16,419 | |
| 2020 | 15,657 | -762 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 20 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.
- 1934 USGS Tucson Mountains quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Cortaro quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Cortaro quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Jaynes quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1992 USGS Jaynes quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Silver Bell Mountains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Jaynes quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
846 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 846 fires within 5 miles of Flowing Wells between 1993 and 2020, burning about 90 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 19 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 | 782 |
| Natural | 33 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Fire Rescue District | NOT NAMED |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Fire Rescue District | NOT NAMED |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 7 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tucson Fire Department | 1862022 |
| 7 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tucson Fire Department | 1862036 |
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tucson Fire Department | NOT NAMED |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Flowing Wells: 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Brick Clay, Clay, Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| De Vay Brick Co | Clay | Unknown | ||
| De Vay Brick Co. | Brick Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Action Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Oro Rock & Sand | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Plant 26 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sand & Gravel Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gardner Estates | 0.8 miles | 20 | |
| Jaynes | 1.0 miles | 20 | |
| Stockham | 1.4 miles | 20 | |
| Silent Wheels Ranchomes | 1.6 miles | 20 | |
| Casas Adobes | 2.2 miles | 26 | |
| Amphitheater | 2.5 miles | 26 | |
| Orange Grove Estates | 2.5 miles | 20 | |
| Valley View | 2.8 miles | 26 |
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 Flowing Wells | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1430353 | 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 1866983. 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.











