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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.

Jakes Corner within Gila County

Population over time

2 figures

Jakes 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.

YearPeople Change
201076
202098+22 (+29%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

184 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural74
Missing data/not specified/undetermined64
Equipment and vehicle use27
Smoking7
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes2
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism1
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 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTonto National ForestTAB
5 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTonto National ForestBOONE
29 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTonto National ForestCANE
23 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTonto National ForestCLUSTER
23 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTonto National ForestMILL
21 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTonto National ForestCOTTONWOOD
14 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTonto National ForestBROWN
13 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTonto National ForestMOTOR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gila County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
PeacockSilver, Copper, Gold, MercuryProspect
Quintonite Tufa DepositLimestone, GeneralProducer
Del Shay Basin Magnetite-HematiteIronOccurrence
Pittsburg-Tonto Magnetite HematiteIronOccurrence
Quintonite Clay DepositClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Quintonite Clay DepositClayProducer
Louis Wolk ClaimsUraniumProspect
Pittsburg TontoGoldPast Producer
Tonto ClaimsGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Gila County

Storms near this place

17 since 2001

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2025Flash FloodJakes 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 2025Flash FloodJakes 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 2022Flash FloodJakes Corner-The stream gauge on Tonto Creek above Gun Creek showed almost a one foot rise in 30 minutes.
August 2022Flash FloodJakes 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 2021Flash FloodJakes Corner-The Tonto Creek stream gauge above Gun Creek (TNRA3) measured a 3.1 foot rise between 0845 and 1000 AM MST.
August 2020Flash FloodJakes 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 2019Flash FloodJakes Corner-Tonto Creek rose 5.6 feet at the USGS Gauge near Jakes Corner.
February 2019Flash FloodJakes 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 2018Flash FloodJakes Corner-Tonto Creek near Rye measured a 1.5 foot rise (1000 CFS increase) at 725 PM.
October 2018Flash FloodJakes 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 2016Flash FloodJakes Corner-Tonto Creek rose 6 feet in one hour. The creek was dry and then rose to 5840 CFS.
August 2015Flash FloodJakes Corner-Water was flowing over State Route 188 near Jakes Corner.
August 2006Flash FloodJakes Corner-Tonto Creek was flowing out of its banks and was blocking access to numerous homes.
August 2004Flash FloodJakes 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 2004Flash FloodJakes 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 2004Flash FloodJakes Corner-Flash flooding caused rock, mud, and debris to cover Highway 87 (MP 231). This was in the Willow Fire burn area.
August 2001HailJakes Corner-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Gila 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
Gisela6.6 miles23
Rye7.1 miles23
Coffeepot7.3 miles22
Gallups8.5 miles22
Punkin Center9.6 miles22
Rancho Del Escondido10.0 miles22
Roosevelt Lake Gardens West11.1 miles22
Riverside Acres11.4 miles22

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 CornerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5925571The 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.