Pirtleville, Arizona
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Douglas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85607. The Survey maps it on the Douglas quadrangle. 1,412 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,970 feet above sea level.
On record in Pirtleville
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 within a mile 7 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
El Paso and Southwestern Railroad Passenger Depot-Douglaslisted 1986 · 0.6 miles away
Grand Theatrelisted 1976 · 0.8 miles away
Douglas Historic Districtlisted 1985 · 0.9 miles away
Gadsden Hotellisted 1976 · 0.9 miles away
El Paso and Southwestern Railroad YMCAlisted 1984 · 0.9 miles away
US Post Office and Customs House-Douglas Mainlisted 1985 · 1.0 miles away- Douglas Underpasslisted 1988 · 0.6 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresPirtleville fell from 1,744 to 1,412 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 | 1,744 | |
| 2020 | 1,412 | -332 (-19%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 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 Douglas quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1916 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:125000
- 1919 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:125000
- 1925 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:62500
- 1933 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
71 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Pirtleville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 306 acres in total. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 10 September 1996 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 6 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | WATSON |
| 4 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | COUNTY |
| 22 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Elfrida Fire District | NOT NAMED |
| 13 August 1993 | Smoking | 1.5 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 10 August 1993 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 5 July 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 5.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | DAVIS MOUNTAIN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Pirtleville: 3 plants, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Tungsten. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Copper Queen Smelter | Copper, Gold, Silver | Plant | ||
| Mineral Reserves Mill | Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Paisano Hydromet | Gold | Plant | ||
| (Facility) Douglas Copper Smelter | Copper | Plant | ||
| Cowan Pit No.1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Old English Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pirtleville in 6 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. 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 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pirtleville | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines in Douglas. Power was out in parts of the city for over 2 hours. Winds also removed a portion of a roof from a business at 21st Street and I Avenue. Wind damage was more extensive across the border in Agua Prieta. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pirtleville | $20,000 | Thunderstorms winds caused considerable damage to a corrugated metal building used as a garage. While the vehicle inside the building only sustained small dents from falling lumber, only one wall of the building was left standing. |
| July 2006 | Flash Flood | Pirtleville | $10,000 | A Sheriff's Department Official reported that a vehicle was stuck in a flooded roadway on Davis Road west of the Community of McNeal. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pirtleville | $5,000 | APS reported a power outage was around 10 pm at the intersection of Richie Rd and Rochin Rd due to strong thunderstorm winds causing broken wires. Time estimated by radar. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pirtleville | $5,000 | Downed power lines causing power outage to roughly 20 people. |
| July 2025 | Flood | Pirtleville | $1,000 | Heavy rainfall caused the closure of Kings Highway at MP 5.1 near Douglas, AZ. A nearby gauge reported 1.15 inches of rainfall. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas | 1.2 miles | 23 | |
| Calumet | 2.4 miles | 23 | |
| Forrest | 8.8 miles | 22 | |
| Paul Spur | 9.2 miles | 22 | |
| Double Adobe | 10.2 miles | 23 | |
| Cazador | 11.9 miles | 20 | |
| Bernardino (historical) | 16.9 miles | 19 | |
| Warren | 17.2 miles | 24 |
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 Pirtleville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2093699 | 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 9538. 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.











