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Pine, Arizona

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Payson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85544. It lies near Strawberry Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Pine quadrangle. 1,953 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,367 feet above sea level.

Pine within Gila County

On record in Pine

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

3 figures

Pine grew from 1,931 to 1,953 between 2000 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
20001,931
20101,963+32 (+2%)
20201,953-10 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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.

Photographs

1 photograph,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Whispering Pines Bridge, Spanning East Verde River at Forest Service Control Road, Payson, Gila County, AZ
Whispering Pines Bridge, Spanning East Verde River at Forest Service Control Road, Payson, Gila County, AZ
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

327 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 327 fires within 5 miles of Pine between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,268 acres in total. 192 started naturally. 6 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
Natural192
Recreation and ceremony65
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Equipment and vehicle use8
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Other causes1
Fireworks1

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 2011Naturalunder an acreCoconino National ForestSLED
7 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTonto National Forestnot named
4 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoconino National ForestFOSSIL
3 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCoconino National ForestLATER
3 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCoconino National ForestLATE
29 September 1998Recreation and ceremony10 acresCoconino National ForestRESERVE
27 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePine-Strawberry Fire District18544
27 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoconino National ForestFOUR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gila County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Pine: 4 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kaolin, Molybdenum, Nickel, Limestone, Dimension. 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
Florence CeramicsKaolinPast Producer
Gould FlagstoneLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Little Nickel ClaimMolybdenum, NickelProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Gila County

Storms near this place

29 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pine in 29 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 11 flash flood, 10 hail, 7 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2025Flash FloodPine-Public reported a minor debris flow in the gully crossing Control Road (FS 64) after heavy rain fell on the West Fire scar.
September 2025HailPine-Public reported hail up to the size of quarters in Pine.
September 2025Flash FloodPine-Public reported a rapid 4 foot water rise in Pine Creek at Tonto Natural Bridge State Park.
September 2025Flash FloodPine-Public reported water flowing over Fire Control Road in at least 8 spots west of Geronimo Estates.
September 2025Flash FloodPine-An mPING report was submitted of Sycamore Creek overflowing across Fire Control Road (Nf-64) near Pine.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindPine-Thunderstorm winds blew down trees approximately a foot in diameter along Highway 87 in and around Pine.
July 2024Flash FloodPine-Pine Creek was flowing around 3 feet deep through Pine. Pinewood Tavern at Highway 87 and Hardscrabble Mesa Road was closed due to flooding.
August 2024HailPine-Quarter sized hail (1.00 inch diameter) was reported 6 miles southeast of Pine.
July 2022Flash FloodPine-Tonto Natural Bridge State Park posted pictures of Pine Creek rising 4 feet between 5:47 PM and 5:52 PM.
December 2021Heavy RainPine-Heavy rain fell across northern Gila County. Rainfall amounts ranged from over an inch and a half at Payson to 2.80 inches just south of Washington Park.
July 2021Flash FloodPine-A flash flood was reported over Highway 87 between Pine and Payson. Water was over the road with almost one lane covered. A road in East Verde Estates neighborhood flooded.
September 2018Flash FloodPine-Webber Creek rose 4 to 5 feet and had a with of 10 feet due to the heavy rain.
August 2016Heavy RainPine-A thunderstorm produced 1.50 inches of rain in 60 minutes.
July 2016Heavy RainPine-The visibility was less than 1/4 mile on Highway 87 near mile post 260. A co-op observer in Payson measured 0.98 inches of rain by 400 PM with rain continuing. An observer in Pine reported 4/5 inch diameter hail and that the washes were running full.
August 2014Heavy RainPine-A thunderstorm produced 0.57 inches of rain in just 20 minutes in Pine.
January 2013Heavy RainPine-Heavy rain fell across Northern Gila County. Some of the rainfall amounts (in inches) include: Tonto Creek Fish Hatchery 4.97, Red Lake 3.22, Pleasant Valley 2.36, and Payson Airport 2.13.
July 2012Flash FloodPine-Heavy rain from thunderstorms caused Pine Creek to overflow Bradshaw Road making it impassible.
July 2012Heavy RainPine-Thunderstorms produced 3 inches of rain in just over three hours in Pine.
December 2008Heavy RainPine-Heavy rain in the lower elevations of Gila County caused Tonto Creek to be come impassable. Residents were stranded on one side of the creek for several days. Between 400 and 600 people live on one side of the creek and often become stranded when the all three crossings become flooded.
September 2007HailPine-Golf ball size (1.75 inches in diameter) hail reported along Highway 87 about nine miles south of Pine.
July 2006HailPine-Golf ball sized hail was reported south of Pine.
July 2006Flash FloodPine-Flooding was reported along Highway 87 from about 7 miles south of Pine to the East Verde River.
July 2006HailPine-Quarter sized hail was reported 5 miles south of Pine.
September 2002HailPine-A spotter in Pine reported 3/4 inch hail for 5 minutes.
September 2002HailPine-A second storm in Pine produced pea sized to 3/4 inch hail.
August 1999Flash FloodPine-Thunderstorm rainfall amounts of nearly three inches in two and half hours caused Pine Creek to leave its banks in the town of Pine. Numerous smaller drainages in the Pine area also flooded.
September 1997HailPine-no account filed
September 1996HailPine-no account filed
September 1996HailPine-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Gila 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
Strawberry2.6 miles23
Geronimo Estates5.2 miles23
Flowing Springs8.0 miles23
Beaver Valley Estates9.0 miles23
Whispering Pines9.1 miles23
Freedom Acres9.4 miles23
Wonder Valley9.8 miles23
Verde Glen9.8 miles23

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 PineAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2695935The 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 32916. 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.