Maricopa, Arizona
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Maricopa-Stanfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85138. The Survey maps it on the Maricopa quadrangle. 58,125 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,175 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMaricopa grew from 43,482 to 58,125 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 | 43,482 | |
| 2020 | 58,125 | +14,643 (+34%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 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.
- 1913 USGS Maricopa quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Maricopa quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Maricopa quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Maricopa quadrangle1:24000, 3 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 Maricopa quadrangle1:24000
- 1971 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Phoenix South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
155 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Maricopa between 1992 and 2020, burning about 106 acres in total. None started naturally. 20 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 | 121 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AZ-132238 |
| 29 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AZ-101279 |
| 28 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AZ-132240 |
| 27 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AZ-133112 |
| 23 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AZ-132239 |
| 2 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AZ-101277 |
| 19 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AZ-110758 |
| 18 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AZ-101278 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Maricopa: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maricopa in 13 storm reports between 1995 and 2007: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 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 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maricopa | $100,000 | Winds damaged or destroyed 6 mobile homes |
| December 2007 | Funnel Cloud | Maricopa | - | The Pinal County Sheriffs office took several reports of a funnel cloud west of Maricopa. |
| March 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Maricopa | - | Short-lived funnel cloud sighted near Maricopa, moving north. |
| April 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Maricopa | - | Short-lived weak tornado seen over open land. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maricopa | - | Trees down. |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maricopa | - | Power lines reported down on a house in Maricopa. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maricopa | - | Power lines were reported down in the area between Casa Grande and Stanfield after high winds ripped through much of Northwest Pinal County. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maricopa | - | Trees uprooted in Stanfield, dust storm with near zero visibility in dust and rain near Stanfield. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maricopa | - | Near zero visibility with dense blowing dust. |
| September 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maricopa | - | Convective winds blew the roof off of a small building in the town of Maricopa. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Maricopa | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maricopa | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Maricopa | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ak Chin | 2.2 miles | 22 | |
| Ak-Chin Village | 3.0 miles | 22 | |
| Heaton | 4.8 miles | 22 | |
| Maricopa Wells | 7.4 miles | 22 | |
| Enid | 8.2 miles | 22 | |
| Sacate | 8.4 miles | 22 | |
| Casa Blanca | 9.5 miles | 19 | |
| Bon | 9.5 miles | 18 |
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 Maricopa | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79877 | 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 7694. 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.











