Gila Crossing, Arizona
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the St. Johns census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85339. It stands on Santa Cruz Wash. The Survey maps it on the Laveen quadrangle. 636 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Population over time
2 figuresGila Crossing grew from 621 to 636 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 | 621 | |
| 2020 | 636 | +15 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 26 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.
- 1912 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:62500
- 1914 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1952 USGS Laveen quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Laveen quadrangle1:24000
- 1971 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Phoenix South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
996 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 996 fires within 5 miles of Gila Crossing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 17,188 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 126 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 | 583 |
| Debris and open burning | 201 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 126 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 46 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AZ-132220 |
| 8 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Pima Agency | H.SCHOOL |
| 7 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pima Agency | VEE QUIVA |
| 6 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pima Agency | BELTLINE |
| 6 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Pima Agency | WASH2 |
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pima Agency | PECOS |
| 5 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Pima Agency | WATER TANK |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Pima Agency | HORSE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Gila Crossing: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Silica, Quartz, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butterfly Mountain Area | Mica, Silica, Quartz | Past Producer | Muscovite, Sericite | |
| Butterfly Mtn Area Mica Deposit | Mica, Silica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
2 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gila Crossing in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2021: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gila Crossing | $3,000 | Thunderstorms affected much of the greater Phoenix metropolitan area during the afternoon hours on August 27th, including southern communities such as Ahwatukee. Some of the stronger storms generated gusty and damaging outflow winds, estimated to be in excess of 60 mph. According to a National Weather Service employee, at 1445MST strong winds ripped up a tree with a diameter of 2 feet. The damaged tree was located about 3 miles south of South Mountain Park, along Pecos Road. In addition, numerous branches were torn off of trees in the area. |
| October 2021 | Hail | Gila Crossing | - | Storm chaser reported estimated 1 inch diameter hail while driving on Loop-202. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Johns Mission | 1.0 miles | 26 | |
| Komatke | 1.2 miles | 26 | |
| Co-op Village | 4.7 miles | 26 | |
| Laveen | 5.9 miles | 26 | |
| Lone Butte Ranch | 7.0 miles | 22 | |
| Maricopa Village | 7.5 miles | 26 | |
| La Montana del Sur | 8.4 miles | 26 | |
| Wonder Rift | 9.3 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 Gila Crossing | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5246608 | 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 5019. 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.











