Santa Cruz, Arizona
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Gila River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85339. The Survey maps it on the Montezuma Peak quadrangle. 39 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Population over time
2 figuresSanta Cruz grew from 37 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 | 37 | |
| 2020 | 39 | +2 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 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.
- 1913 USGS Maricopa quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Maricopa quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Maricopa quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Montezuma Peak quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Montezuma Peak quadrangle1:24000
- 1971 USGS Phoenix quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Phoenix South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
780 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 780 fires within 5 miles of Santa Cruz between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,905 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 110 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 | 446 |
| Debris and open burning | 142 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 110 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 47 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Pima Agency | H.SCHOOL |
| 6 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pima Agency | BELTLINE |
| 6 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Pima Agency | WASH2 |
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pima Agency | PECOS |
| 5 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Pima Agency | WATER TANK |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Pima Agency | HORSE |
| 3 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pima Agency | SALT |
| 3 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Pima Agency | SEVEN |
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 Santa Cruz: 2 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Feldspar, Garnet, Copper, Feldspar, Semiprecious Gemstone, Gold, Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butterfly Mountain Area | Mica, Silica, Quartz | Past Producer | Muscovite, Sericite | |
| Butterfly Mtn Area Mica Deposit | Mica, Silica | Prospect | ||
| Sylvania Mica | Mica, Feldspar, Garnet | Past Producer | Feldspar, Garnet, Muscovite | |
| Sylvania Mica | Copper, Feldspar, Semiprecious Gemstone, Gold, Mica | Unknown | ||
| Crusher Mica Quarry | Mica | Unknown | ||
| Hightower Mica Mine | Mica | Producer | Mica, Muscovite, Sericite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sacate | 5.7 miles | 22 | |
| Maricopa Wells | 6.3 miles | 22 | |
| Heaton | 10.4 miles | 22 | |
| Enid | 10.9 miles | 22 | |
| Maricopa | 13.3 miles | 22 | |
| Snaketown | 13.5 miles | 19 | |
| Ak Chin | 14.4 miles | 22 | |
| Ak-Chin Village | 14.4 miles | 22 |
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 Santa Cruz | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7419385 | 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 24604. 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.











