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Peoria, Arizona

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Phoenix census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85345. The Survey maps it on the Glendale quadrangle. 190,985 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,142 feet above sea level.

Peoria within Maricopa County

On record in Peoria

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 4 records

Population over time

2 figures

Peoria grew from 154,065 to 190,985 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
2010154,065
2020190,985+36,920 (+24%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

799 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 799 fires within 5 miles of Peoria between 1995 and 2020, burning about 93 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined774
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Debris and open burning1
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-121835
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-110821
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office154089
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-101205
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office154088
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-101204
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEl Mirage Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSun City Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maricopa County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Peoria: 5 producers, 2 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Halite, Mica, Salt. 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
Agua Fria Pit Sun Valley CrushingSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Alonzo Elder Muscovite #1MicaProducer
Southwest Mine & MillSaltProducer
Unidentified Halite OccurrenceHalitePast ProducerHalite
Arizona Sand & Rock, Agua Fria PlanSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Union Rock & Materials, El MirageSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
United Metro Pit & Plant #2 GlendalSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Maricopa County

Storms near this place

9 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Peoria in 9 storm reports between 1996 and 2010: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 heavy rain, 1 lightning. 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 2005LightningPeoria$500,000Lightning caused a fire at a North Peoria home, completely destroying it.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindPeoria-A section of the fabric roof at the University of Phoenix Stadium was ripped off due to the powerful winds and heavy rain. Reporters indicated about 1,500 square feet of fabric was damaged. At about the same time, a construction trailer was blown over near 87th Avenue and Glendale.
January 2008Flash FloodPeoria-Maricopa County Sheriffs office reports multiple road closures along the Cave Creek. Numerous washes were running in the area.
March 2004Heavy RainPeoria-Heavy rain accompanied thunderstorms moving eastward across the metropolitan area. Some of the heavier amounts included 2.95 inches in Fountain Hills, and 1.97 inches in Mesa. Firefighters in Surprise performed shallow-water rescues and the Phoenix Fire Department responded to over 130 calls during the storm. Phoenix Sky Harbor airport reported 1.16 inches, along with some flight delays.
September 2002Funnel CloudPeoria-Funnel cloud spotted in parts of Peoria, Glendale and north Phoenix..
August 1997Thunderstorm WindPeoria-Clay tiles blown off roof of Target store.
August 1996Thunderstorm WindPeoria-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindPeoria-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindPeoria-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Maricopa 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
Peoria Estates0.2 miles20
Peoria Polynesian Village0.9 miles19
Casa del Sol Resorts Number One1.0 miles19
Deer Creek1.0 miles20
Villa Vista1.2 miles19
Windmill1.2 miles20
Westgreen Estates1.3 miles19
Fox Glen1.4 miles20

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 PeoriaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q51686The 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 9318. 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.