Jerome, Arizona
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Mingus Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86331. It lies near Hull Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Cottonwood quadrangle. 464 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,066 feet above sea level.
On record in Jerome
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
Jerome Historic DistrictNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Jerome Water Supply System, Jeromefederal building survey, 1 photograph
Population over time
2 figuresJerome grew from 444 to 464 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 | 444 | |
| 2020 | 464 | +20 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 29 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 Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1905 USGS Jerome quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Mingus Mountain quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Mingus Mtn quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Mingus Mtn quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Cottonwood quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Photographs
8 of 9 photographs shown, 2018Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress
Every photograph of Yavapai County
Fires near this place
168 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 168 fires within 5 miles of Jerome between 1992 and 2020, burning about 870 acres in total. 32 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 82 |
| Natural | 32 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | OXBOW |
| 8 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | POWERLINE |
| 6 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | CORONA |
| 4 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | MESCAL |
| 29 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | 530 |
| 29 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | SPRINGS |
| 25 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.3 acres | Prescott National Forest | WOODCHUTE |
| 20 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Prescott National Forest | PLAYGROUND |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 80 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 80 workings within 5 miles of Jerome: 34 past producers, 17 producers, 15 prospects, 8 occurrences. 17 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Silver, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarkdale Cement Plant Limestone Quarry | Cement Rock, Limestone, General | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Clarkdale Clay Quarry | Brick Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Copper Chief Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc | Producer | 1901, 1948 | |
| Copper Chief Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Farview Group | Copper, Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Green Monster Mine | Gold, Copper, Silver | Producer | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Gold | |
| Iron King | Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Jerome Slag Dump | Copper, Iron | Unknown | ||
| Quarries | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay | Producer | ||
| Shea | Silver, Copper, Gold | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jerome in 5 storm reports between 2003 and 2022: 3 heavy rain, 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Jerome | - | A landspout was seen north of Highway 89 and north of Prescott Valley. Location was estimated. Photos were sent to the office. |
| August 2019 | Heavy Rain | Jerome | - | A thunderstorm produced 1.60 inches of rain with some nuisance flooding and pea sized hail. |
| July 2016 | Heavy Rain | Jerome | - | Heavy rain caused flowing water at a low water crossing in Cottonwood (6th street between Fir Street and Highway 89). The street was closed. |
| August 2013 | Heavy Rain | Jerome | - | Heavy rain (estimated 3 inches) caused large rocks and debris to fall on Highway 89 about 8 miles west of Jerome. |
| August 2003 | Funnel Cloud | Jerome | - | A funnel cloud was sighted 1/2 mile south of Jerome. |
Newspapers printed here
3,692 digitised pages6 papers published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 822 issues, 3,692 pages. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.
| Newspaper | Published |
|---|---|
| The Jerome News and Copper Belt | 1912 to 1914 |
| Jerome News | 1914 to 19?? |
| Arizona Mining News | 1895 to 1897 |
| Jerome Mining News | 1897 to 1906 |
| The Jerome Chronicle | 1895 |
| Jerome News | 1906 to 1912 |
What the paper printed
45,808 wordsFront pages of the local paper, read from the Library of Congress scans: 18 issues spread across its run from 1895 to 1914, 45,808 words in total. Each is reproduced on its own page, exactly as the recogniser returned it.
These pages read less well than anything else here, and the number is worth stating: about three words in four come through cleanly, against nine in ten for the building records. An 1896 broadsheet sets eight-point type in seven columns on microfilm, which is the hardest thing in this archive to read by machine. We tested our own recognisers against the Library's and they were not better, so the Library's text is what appears, with the wholly unreadable columns removed. Read it as a guide to what the paper covered, and follow the link to the scan before quoting anything.
| Issue | Paper | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1912-09-21 | The Jerome News and Copper Belt | 3,048 words |
| 1912-11-02 | The Jerome News and Copper Belt | 2,254 words |
| 1912-12-07 | The Jerome News and Copper Belt | 1,903 words |
| 1914-03-27 | Jerome News | 2,188 words |
| 1914-05-01 | Jerome News | 2,150 words |
| 1914-06-12 | Jerome News | 1,272 words |
| 1914-07-24 | Jerome News | 1,594 words |
| 1897-10-23 | Arizona Mining News | 2,759 words |
| 1897-11-06 | Jerome Mining News | 2,646 words |
| 1897-11-27 | Jerome Mining News | 2,307 words |
| 1897-12-25 | Jerome Mining News | 3,736 words |
| 1895-03-02 | The Jerome Chronicle | 3,410 words |
| 1895-04-06 | The Jerome Chronicle | 3,009 words |
| 1895-05-04 | The Jerome Chronicle | 2,565 words |
| 1906-04-14 | Jerome News | 2,529 words |
| 1906-06-26 | Jerome News | 1,826 words |
| 1906-09-08 | Jerome News | 3,031 words |
| 1906-11-24 | Jerome News | 3,581 words |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centerville | 3.1 miles | 30 | |
| Clarkdale | 3.3 miles | 30 | |
| Tapco | 4.8 miles | 30 | |
| Clemenceau | 4.8 miles | 29 | |
| Cottonwood | 5.5 miles | 29 | |
| Verde Village | 6.0 miles | 29 | |
| Smelter City | 6.3 miles | 21 | |
| Bridgeport | 6.5 miles | 21 |
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 Jerome | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q985248 | 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 30522. 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.













