Miracle Valley, Arizona
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Bisbee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85615. The Survey maps it on the Nicksville quadrangle. 571 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Population over time
2 figuresMiracle Valley fell from 644 to 571 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 | 644 | |
| 2020 | 571 | -73 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1914 USGS Hereford quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1932 USGS Stark quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Hereford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Nicksville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Nicksville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
74 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Miracle Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,183 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 3 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 | 46 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fry Fire District | NOT NAMED |
| 10 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Gila District Office | SCOUT |
| 7 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Coronado National Memorial | BOUNDARY-E |
| 6 August 1992 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Gila District Office | HEREFORD |
| 17 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fry Fire District | NOT NAMED |
| 9 July 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Gila District Office | SPLASH |
| 9 July 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | KIT |
| 7 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast District | MIRACLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Miracle Valley: 8 producers, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Geothermal, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corbett Marble Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Happy Day | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Double Mill Ranch Well | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palominas | 1.9 miles | 19 | |
| Hereford | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| Stark | 6.2 miles | 17 | |
| Nicksville | 6.5 miles | 19 | |
| Black Bear Spring | 7.2 miles | 23 | |
| Sierra Vista Estates | 9.0 miles | 23 | |
| Bledsoe | 9.4 miles | 23 | |
| Ramsey | 9.6 miles | 23 |
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 Miracle Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17081458 | 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 39214. 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.








