Rye, Arizona
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Payson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85541. It lies near Hog Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Gisela quadrangle. 104 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,133 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRye grew from 77 to 104 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 | 77 | |
| 2020 | 104 | +27 (+35%) |
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.
- 1887 USGS Verde quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Verde quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1936 USGS Payson quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1936 USGS Payson quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Payson quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Gisela quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Payson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2004 USGS Gisela quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
182 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 182 fires within 5 miles of Rye between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,178 acres in total. 38 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 66 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 62 |
| Natural | 38 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | BLUE |
| 25 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | not named |
| 25 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | not named |
| 24 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.7 acres | Tonto National Forest | BLACK |
| 23 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | MILL |
| 2 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | PEACE |
| 10 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | MOORE |
| 1 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | HOG |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 31 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Rye: 15 prospects, 7 occurrences, 5 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Gold, Copper, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mtn Hematite | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Blech Group | Barium-Barite, Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Mountain Cons Mining and Milling | Copper, Silver, Gold, Vanadium | Prospect | ||
| Osborn | Asbestos, Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | ||
| Ox Bow Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, Lead, Vanadium, Fluorine-Fluorite | Producer | 1875, 1916, 1936 | |
| Oxbow Mine | Gold, Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1876, 1916 | |
| Peacock | Silver, Copper, Gold, Mercury | Prospect | ||
| Zulu | Silver, Gold, Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| Zulu Mine | Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead, Vanadium | Producer | 1878, 1940 | |
| Basic Minerals Property | Mercury | Prospect |
Storms near this place
5 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rye in 5 storm reports between 2004 and 2018: 3 heavy rain, 2 flash 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 2018 | Heavy Rain | Rye | - | A trained spotter reported 1.61 inches of rain in around an hour. Dime sized (3/4 inch diameter) hail also fell. |
| August 2018 | Flash Flood | Rye | - | Rye Creek flooded Highway 87 at mile marker 241. |
| February 2015 | Heavy Rain | Rye | - | Between 1.50 and 1.55 inches of rain fell over portions of Northern Gila County northeast of Payson. Pine received 1.26 inches of rain. East Verde River was running high...but not flooding. |
| July 2004 | Flash Flood | Rye | - | Heavy rain over the Willow Fire burned area caused massive mudsildes and flooding over Highway 87 near mile post 231. The mud and debris covered the road 4 to 5 feet deep over an area 40 feet wide and 300 yards long. Four cars were trapped in the mud and one was turned on its side. Water was also flowing over car hoods on the Highway 87 near milepost 235. The road was closed for 3 hours. |
| January 2005 | Heavy Rain | Rye | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gisela | 4.0 miles | 23 | |
| Oxbow Estates | 5.1 miles | 22 | |
| Jakes Corner | 7.1 miles | 23 | |
| Payson | 8.5 miles | 22 | |
| Fort McDonald | 8.7 miles | 22 | |
| Gallups | 9.1 miles | 22 | |
| Coffeepot | 10.1 miles | 22 | |
| Star Valley | 11.2 miles | 23 |
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 Rye | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3709541 | 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 33899. 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.











