Greer, Arizona
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Eagar-Springerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85927. It lies near Amberon Flat. The Survey maps it on the Greer quadrangle. 58 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 8,356 feet above sea level.
On record in Greer
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Butterfly Lodgelisted 1992
Population over time
2 figuresGreer grew from 41 to 58 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 | 41 | |
| 2020 | 58 | +17 (+41%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1886 USGS St Johns quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS St Johns quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Saint Johns quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Saint Johns quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Saint Johns quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Saint Johns quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Greer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Springerville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Greer quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
237 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 237 fires within 5 miles of Greer between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,111 acres in total. 131 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 131 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| 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 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | MARBLE |
| 6 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | SEWER POND |
| 30 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | GREER C |
| 26 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | BADGER |
| 25 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | BETWEEN |
| 22 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | BENNY CREEK |
| 16 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | DEAD HORSE |
| 15 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | HOT SAW #4 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Greer: 2 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Volcanic Materials, Pumice. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benny Cinder Deposit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pits | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Lang Creek Cinder Deposit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greer in 1 storm report in 1996: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1996 | Flood | Greer | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwoods | 1.3 miles | 18 | |
| Crosby Crossing | 9.1 miles | 15 | |
| Rosebud | 10.2 miles | 18 | |
| Eagar | 11.3 miles | 18 | |
| Springerville | 12.5 miles | 18 | |
| Green Spot | 12.7 miles | 18 | |
| Three Forks | 13.2 miles | 15 | |
| Boneyard | 13.4 miles | 15 |
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 Greer | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3476638 | 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 29593. 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.








