Springerville, Arizona
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Eagar-Springerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85938. It stands on Nutrioso Creek. The Survey maps it on the Springerville quadrangle. 1,717 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,969 feet above sea level.
On record in Springerville
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 1 record
- Water Canyon Administrative Sitelisted 1993
Population over time
3 figuresSpringerville grew from 364 to 1,717 between 1880 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 364 | |
| 2010 | 1,961 | |
| 2020 | 1,717 | -244 (-12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1886 USGS St Johns quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS St Johns quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Saint Johns quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Saint Johns quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Saint Johns quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Saint Johns quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Springerville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Springerville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Springerville quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
8 of 9 photographs shown, 1940Taken 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.
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Every photograph of Apache County
Fires near this place
134 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Springerville between 1993 and 2020, burning about 10,487 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 3 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 | 68 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Eagar Fire Department | not named |
| 23 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northeast District | MOLINA |
| 18 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | FLAT |
| 6 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | GRAPE VINE |
| 5 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 25 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 15 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 11 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Springerville: 5 unknowns, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Volcanic Materials, Pumice, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Big Ditch Cinder Deposit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pits | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Coon Cinder Deposit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | ||
| Round Mountain Cinder Deposit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Springerville in 3 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 1 wildfire, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Tornado (EFU) | Springerville | - | Public reported via social media a video of a landspout tornado out in a rural field about 5 miles NNE of Springerville. No damage was reported. Tornado was rated EFU, but could be an EF0. No damage survey was done. Path is approximated. |
| August 2004 | Flash Flood | Springerville | - | Heavy rainfall caused flooding in Eagar and Springerville. Significant runoff covered roads with water and debris. |
| May 2002 | Wildfire | Springerville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagar | 1.6 miles | 18 | |
| Correjo Crossing | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Green Spot | 7.4 miles | 18 | |
| Rosebud | 9.2 miles | 18 | |
| Richville | 11.2 miles | 17 | |
| Northwoods | 11.6 miles | 18 | |
| Feaster | 12.3 miles | 14 | |
| Greer | 12.5 miles | 18 |
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 Springerville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1012656 | 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 34747. 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.








