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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.

Springerville within Apache County

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

Population over time

3 figures

Springerville 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.

YearPeople Change
1880364
20101,961
20201,717-244 (-12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

8 of 9 photographs shown, 1940

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.

Spring snow on mountains provide water for the range below. Apache County, near Springerville, Arizona
Spring snow on mountains provide water for the range below. Apache County, near Springerville, Arizona
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Little Colorado River, Apache County, at Springerville, Arizona
Little Colorado River, Apache County, at Springerville, Arizona
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Rancher feeding hay which was raised through flood irrigation in the Little Colorado River Valley. Apache County near Springerville, Arizona
Rancher feeding hay which was raised through flood irrigation in the Little Colorado River Valley. Apache County near Springerville, Arizona
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
The start of flood irrigation on the hay fields in the valley of the Little Colorado River Valley. After these fields are so irrigated the cattle are driven to the mountains for summer pasturage while the hay grows and matures. Apache County near Springerville, Arizona
The start of flood irrigation on the hay fields in the valley of the Little Colorado River Valley. After these fields are so irrigated the cattle are driven to the mountains for summer pasturage while the hay grows and matures. Apache County near Springerville, Arizona
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Hereford cattle eating hay grown by flood irrigation methods in the Little Colorado River Valley in Apache County near Springerville, Arizona
Hereford cattle eating hay grown by flood irrigation methods in the Little Colorado River Valley in Apache County near Springerville, Arizona
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Rancher feeding hay to cattle. Apache County near Springerville, Arizona. Rancher feeding hay which was raised through flood irrigation in the Little Colorado River Valley
Rancher feeding hay to cattle. Apache County near Springerville, Arizona. Rancher feeding hay which was raised through flood irrigation in the Little Colorado River Valley
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Range in the flood irrigation lands of the Little Colorado River Valley in Apache County near Springerville, Arizona
Range in the flood irrigation lands of the Little Colorado River Valley in Apache County near Springerville, Arizona
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Hereford cattle eating hay grown by flood irrigation methods in the Little Colorado River Valley in Apache County near Springerville, Arizona
Hereford cattle eating hay grown by flood irrigation methods in the Little Colorado River Valley in Apache County near Springerville, Arizona
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress

Every photograph of Apache County

Fires near this place

134 since 1993

Regional 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/undetermined68
Debris and open burning26
Recreation and ceremony14
Natural11
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1

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
23 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEagar Fire Departmentnot named
23 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northeast DistrictMOLINA
18 September 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestFLAT
6 August 2005Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestGRAPE VINE
5 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
25 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
15 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
11 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Apache County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Big Ditch Cinder DepositVolcanic MaterialsPast Producer
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitsPumiceUnknown
Coon Cinder DepositVolcanic MaterialsPast Producer
Round Mountain Cinder DepositVolcanic MaterialsPast Producer

Every working recorded in Apache County

Storms near this place

3 since 2002

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2025Tornado (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 2004Flash FloodSpringerville-Heavy rainfall caused flooding in Eagar and Springerville. Significant runoff covered roads with water and debris.
May 2002WildfireSpringerville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Apache 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
Eagar1.6 miles18
Correjo Crossing5.2 miles17
Green Spot7.4 miles18
Rosebud9.2 miles18
Richville11.2 miles17
Northwoods11.6 miles18
Feaster12.3 miles14
Greer12.5 miles18

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 SpringervilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1012656The 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.