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.
Population over time
2 figuresNutrioso 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 26 | |
| 2020 | 39 | +13 (+50%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1922 USGS Nutrioso quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Alpine quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Nutrioso quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Nutrioso quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Nutrioso quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
169 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 128 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | MOLLY |
| 3 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | HULSEY |
| 28 September 2009 | Smoking | 1.5 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | AUGER |
| 24 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | RED HOLE |
| 2 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | COLTER |
| 19 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | AUGER CANYON |
| 19 September 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | HIGHWAY |
| 10 September 2004 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | PADDY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nutrioso Zeolites | Zeolites | Occurrence | Analcime, Clinoptilolite |
Storms near this place
11 since 2010Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Nutrioso | $25,000 | Heavy 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 2011 | Heavy Rain | Nutrioso | $10,000 | Heavy rain caused Colter Creek to overflow the banks and flood yards. One quarter of an inch of rain fell in just 15 minutes. |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Nutrioso | $10,000 | Colter Creek in Nutrioso was flooding. |
| July 2024 | Heavy Rain | Nutrioso | - | Spotter near Escudilla Mountain reported that 2.00 inches of rain fell in 45 minutes. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Nutrioso | - | A trained spotter reported 1 inch diameter (quarter sized hail) with larger sized hail intermixed falling in Nutrioso. |
| July 2017 | Heavy Rain | Nutrioso | - | A thunderstorm produced 1.50 inches of rain in just 30 minutes in Nutrioso. |
| July 2014 | Heavy Rain | Nutrioso | - | A thunderstorm dropped 1.50 inches of rain in just 30 minutes over the town of Nutrioso. This caused street flooding. |
| August 2011 | Flash Flood | Nutrioso | - | 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 2011 | Flash Flood | Nutrioso | - | 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 2011 | Flash Flood | Nutrioso | - | Heavy rain and flash flooding caused mud and debris flows to cross Highway 180 at mile post 416 near Nutrioso. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Nutrioso | - | A mudslide slid across Highway 191 at milepost 416 near Nutrioso. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feaster | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Rosebud | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Boneyard | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Crosby Crossing | 7.7 miles | 15 | |
| Alpine | 8.0 miles | 14 | |
| Troweek | 8.1 miles | 15 | |
| Three Forks | 8.8 miles | 15 | |
| Correjo Crossing | 9.6 miles | 17 |
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 Nutrioso | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5243671 | 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 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.








