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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.

Flowing Wells within Pima County

Population over time

2 figures

Flowing 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.

YearPeople Change
201016,419
202015,657-762 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 20 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

846 since 1993

Regional 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/undetermined782
Natural33
Arson/incendiarism19
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Fire Rescue DistrictNOT NAMED
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Fire Rescue DistrictNOT NAMED
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTucson Fire Department1862022
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTucson Fire Department1862036
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTucson Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pima County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
De Vay Brick CoClayUnknown
De Vay Brick Co.Brick ClayPast Producer
UnknownGeothermalOccurrence
Action Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Oro Rock & SandSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Plant 26Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand & Gravel PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Pima County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Gardner Estates0.8 miles20
Jaynes1.0 miles20
Stockham1.4 miles20
Silent Wheels Ranchomes1.6 miles20
Casas Adobes2.2 miles26
Amphitheater2.5 miles26
Orange Grove Estates2.5 miles20
Valley View2.8 miles26

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 WellsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1430353The 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.