Jakes Corner, Arizona
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Tonto Basin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85541. It stands on Hardt Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gisela quadrangle. 98 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,800 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresJakes Corner grew from 76 to 98 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 | 76 | |
| 2020 | 98 | +22 (+29%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 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.
- 1887 USGS Verde quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Verde quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1936 USGS Payson quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1936 USGS Payson quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Payson quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Gisela quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Payson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2004 USGS Gisela quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
184 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 184 fires within 5 miles of Jakes Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,825 acres in total. 74 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 74 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 64 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | TAB |
| 5 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | BOONE |
| 29 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | CANE |
| 23 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | CLUSTER |
| 23 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | MILL |
| 21 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | COTTONWOOD |
| 14 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | BROWN |
| 13 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | MOTOR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Jakes Corner: 3 occurrences, 3 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Gold, Iron, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Peacock | Silver, Copper, Gold, Mercury | Prospect | ||
| Quintonite Tufa Deposit | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Del Shay Basin Magnetite-Hematite | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Pittsburg-Tonto Magnetite Hematite | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Quintonite Clay Deposit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Quintonite Clay Deposit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Louis Wolk Claims | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Pittsburg Tonto | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Tonto Claims | Gold | Unknown |
Storms near this place
17 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jakes Corner in 17 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 16 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Jakes Corner | - | A USGS stream gauge on Tonto Creek above Gun Creek (TNRA3) reported a 2 foot rise after heavy rainfall upstream earlier in the morning. |
| September 2025 | Flash Flood | Jakes Corner | - | A stream gauge on Tonto Creek (TNRA3) measured a 3.02 ft rise in 45 minutes. Can infer flash flooding further upstream near the Rye Creek and Tonto Creek confluence. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Jakes Corner | - | The stream gauge on Tonto Creek above Gun Creek showed almost a one foot rise in 30 minutes. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Jakes Corner | - | Tonto Creek showed a 2.4 foot rise between 515 PM and 645 PM near Jakes Corner before the creek entered Roosevelt Lake. |
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | Jakes Corner | - | The Tonto Creek stream gauge above Gun Creek (TNRA3) measured a 3.1 foot rise between 0845 and 1000 AM MST. |
| August 2020 | Flash Flood | Jakes Corner | - | Thunderstorms with locally heavy rain developed across the high terrain northeast of Phoenix during the very early morning hours on August 30th. The heavy rain led to flash flooding across portions of the Bush burn scar near the town of Sunflower. As an example of the heavy rain, a rain gage at Mount Ord measured just over one inch during the one hour period ending at 0134MST. According to the local utility company, Salt River Project, at 0140MST flash flooding caused a 3 foot rise along Slate Creek at the US Forest Road number 26 crossing, about 7 miles northeast of Sunflower. A short distance downstream they estimated a 7 foot rise in the creek based on high water marks on the local vegetation. There were no reports of accidents or injury due to the flash flooding. |
| September 2019 | Flash Flood | Jakes Corner | - | Tonto Creek rose 5.6 feet at the USGS Gauge near Jakes Corner. |
| February 2019 | Flash Flood | Jakes Corner | - | The river gauge on Tonto Creek above Gun Creek showed a 4.5 foot rise in just over 4 hours (from 1:45 AM to 6:00 AM). |
| August 2018 | Flash Flood | Jakes Corner | - | Tonto Creek near Rye measured a 1.5 foot rise (1000 CFS increase) at 725 PM. |
| October 2018 | Flash Flood | Jakes Corner | - | A steam gauge on Tonto Creek measured a peak stage of 6.14 feet at 630 PM. This is about 4.5 feet above normal flow. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Jakes Corner | - | Tonto Creek rose 6 feet in one hour. The creek was dry and then rose to 5840 CFS. |
| August 2015 | Flash Flood | Jakes Corner | - | Water was flowing over State Route 188 near Jakes Corner. |
| August 2006 | Flash Flood | Jakes Corner | - | Tonto Creek was flowing out of its banks and was blocking access to numerous homes. |
| August 2004 | Flash Flood | Jakes Corner | - | Flash flooding in the Jakes Corner area washed away a 25-foot travel trailer and 1000 lb propane tank. Two feet of water entered a storage area of a store. Highway 87 was closed at mile marker 230 due to flooding and debris from Slate Creek. |
| September 2004 | Flash Flood | Jakes Corner | - | Heavy rainfall caused flash flooding, mud slides, and road closures along Beeline Highway (HWY 87) from SR 188 to the Bush Highway turnoff. There was also flood damage along Tonto Creek in Gisela. The flooding was compounded in the Willow Fire burn area due to little or no ground cover. |
| September 2004 | Flash Flood | Jakes Corner | - | Flash flooding caused rock, mud, and debris to cover Highway 87 (MP 231). This was in the Willow Fire burn area. |
| August 2001 | Hail | Jakes Corner | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gisela | 6.6 miles | 23 | |
| Rye | 7.1 miles | 23 | |
| Coffeepot | 7.3 miles | 22 | |
| Gallups | 8.5 miles | 22 | |
| Punkin Center | 9.6 miles | 22 | |
| Rancho Del Escondido | 10.0 miles | 22 | |
| Roosevelt Lake Gardens West | 11.1 miles | 22 | |
| Riverside Acres | 11.4 miles | 22 |
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 Jakes Corner | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5925571 | 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 30493. 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.











