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Nutrioso, Arizona

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Eagar-Springerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85932. It stands on Auger Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nutrioso quadrangle. 39 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,671 feet above sea level.

Nutrioso within Apache County

Population over time

2 figures

Nutrioso grew from 26 to 39 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
201026
202039+13 (+50%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

169 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of Nutrioso between 1992 and 2020, burning about 311 acres in total. 128 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
Natural128
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Debris and open burning8
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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
4 September 2005Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestMOLLY
3 September 1996Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestHULSEY
28 September 2009Smoking1.5 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAUGER
24 September 2019Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestRED HOLE
2 September 2016Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestCOLTER
19 September 2007Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestAUGER CANYON
19 September 2000Natural1.0 acresApache-Sitgreaves National ForestHIGHWAY
10 September 2004Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresApache-Sitgreaves National ForestPADDY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Apache County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Nutrioso: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zeolites. 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
Nutrioso ZeolitesZeolitesOccurrenceAnalcime, Clinoptilolite

Every working recorded in Apache County

Storms near this place

11 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nutrioso in 11 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 6 flash flood, 4 heavy rain, 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 2011Flash FloodNutrioso$25,000Heavy rain over Escudilla Peak area caused flash flooding and mud slides over sections of Highway 180/191 north and southeast of Alpine. Mud, trees, and rocks temporarily blocked the highway between Alpine and Nutrioso. The Alpine Ranger District Office experienced minor flooding in front of the office. Flooding and erosion on private property was also reported. Rainfall amounts of around an inch to one and a half inches was reported.
July 2011Heavy RainNutrioso$10,000Heavy rain caused Colter Creek to overflow the banks and flood yards. One quarter of an inch of rain fell in just 15 minutes.
July 2011Flash FloodNutrioso$10,000Colter Creek in Nutrioso was flooding.
July 2024Heavy RainNutrioso-Spotter near Escudilla Mountain reported that 2.00 inches of rain fell in 45 minutes.
June 2019HailNutrioso-A trained spotter reported 1 inch diameter (quarter sized hail) with larger sized hail intermixed falling in Nutrioso.
July 2017Heavy RainNutrioso-A thunderstorm produced 1.50 inches of rain in just 30 minutes in Nutrioso.
July 2014Heavy RainNutrioso-A thunderstorm dropped 1.50 inches of rain in just 30 minutes over the town of Nutrioso. This caused street flooding.
August 2011Flash FloodNutrioso-Flash flooding was reported in Nutrioso with sheet flow over fields on the east side of town. Nutrioso Creek was running bank full with black water (ash) and debris. Over an inch and a half (1.60 inches) of rain fell between 11 AM and Noon.
August 2011Flash FloodNutrioso-Heavy rain from a thunderstorm over the Wallow Burn area caused flash flooding, debris flows, and mud flows across Highway 180 about a mile north of Nutrioso. There was a motorcycle accident due to the mud on the roadway.
September 2011Flash FloodNutrioso-Heavy rain and flash flooding caused mud and debris flows to cross Highway 180 at mile post 416 near Nutrioso.
July 2010Flash FloodNutrioso-A mudslide slid across Highway 191 at milepost 416 near Nutrioso.

Every storm recorded in Apache 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
Feaster4.3 miles14
Rosebud4.5 miles18
Boneyard6.1 miles15
Crosby Crossing7.7 miles15
Alpine8.0 miles14
Troweek8.1 miles15
Three Forks8.8 miles15
Correjo Crossing9.6 miles17

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 NutriosoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5243671The 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 32412. 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.