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Gadsden, Arizona

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Somerton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85336. The Survey maps it on the Gadsden quadrangle. 571 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 98 feet above sea level.

Gadsden within Yuma County

Population over time

3 figures

Gadsden fell from 953 to 571 between 2000 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
2000953
2010678-275 (-29%)
2020571-107 (-16%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

86 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Gadsden between 1992 and 2020, burning about 530 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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/undetermined61
Debris and open burning10
Arson/incendiarism9
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2012Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFort Yuma AgencyCOUNTY ROAD
5 September 2016Arson/incendiarism20 acresColorado River DistrictLEVEE
5 September 1992Debris and open burning5.0 acresFort Yuma AgencyHUNTER#2
26 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresFort Yuma AgencyFAR
23 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFort Yuma AgencyBLIND
21 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
19 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFort Yuma AgencyMUD
13 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFort Yuma AgencyCO 17TH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yuma County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Gadsden: 16 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
UnknownGeothermalUnknown
UnknownGeothermalUnknown
UnknownGeothermalUnknown
UnknownGeothermalUnknown
UnknownGeothermalUnknown
UnknownGeothermalUnknown
UnknownGeothermalUnknown
UnknownGeothermalUnknown
UnknownGeothermalUnknown
UnknownGeothermalUnknown

Every working recorded in Yuma County

Storms near this place

3 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gadsden in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2015Flash FloodGadsden$100,000Scattered thunderstorms affected community of Yuma as well as surrounding communities such as Somerton during the late afternoon and evening hours on September 8th. Due to elevated moisture values, partially a result of tropical moisture from Hurricane Linda starting to move into southern Arizona, the stronger storms produced very heavy rainfall with peak rain rates in excess of 2 inches per hour. A trained spotter 3 miles northeast of Somerton measured 4.6 inches of rain within 2 hours ending at 1900MST. The heavy rain led to flash flooding in the Yuma area and resulted in the issuance of a Flash Flood Warning at 1802MST. At 2000MST, local broadcast media reported that people were leaving flooded houses south of highway 95 between Joshua Street and Bingham Avenue. The flash flooding took place about 1 mile southeast of the town of Somerton. Fortunately there were no injuries reported due to the flooding.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindGadsden$4,000A trained weather spotter reported that an unknown number of power poles were down due to severe thunderstorms. Location and timing was estimated from radar and the APS power outage map. Radar estimated winds between 50-60 mph in the area. No injuries were reported.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindGadsden-Strong and gusty winds, along with heavy rain rolled through parts of Yuma and San Luis. Arizona Public Service reported 26 power poles were knocked down in San Luis with seven main lines impacted. Trees were uprooted and caused property damage. At the Yuma airport, winds were clocked at 44 mph.

Every storm recorded in Yuma 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
San Luis4.7 miles13
Somerton4.9 miles24
Yuma Indian Homesteads6.6 miles28
Steam12.8 miles28
Yuma14.5 miles27
Araby16.2 miles27
San Dionysio (historical)17.8 miles28
Fortuna19.9 miles20

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 GadsdenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1490945The 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 43131. 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.