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Strawberry, Arizona

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Payson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85544. It lies in Strawberry Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Pine quadrangle. 943 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,889 feet above sea level.

Strawberry within Gila County

On record in Strawberry

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 2 records

Population over time

3 figures

Strawberry fell from 1,028 to 943 between 2000 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
20001,028
2010961-67 (-7%)
2020943-18 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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.

Fires near this place

257 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 257 fires within 5 miles of Strawberry between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,832 acres in total. 144 started naturally. 8 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
Natural144
Recreation and ceremony54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Other causes1
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2011Naturalunder an acreCoconino National ForestSLED
7 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTonto National Forestnot named
5 September 2012Naturalunder an acreCoconino National ForestCALF
4 September 2013Naturalunder an acreCoconino National ForestSANDROCK
4 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoconino National ForestFOSSIL
3 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCoconino National ForestLATER
3 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCoconino National ForestLATE
29 September 1998Recreation and ceremony10 acresCoconino National ForestRESERVE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gila County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Strawberry: 3 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Molybdenum, Nickel, Limestone, Dimension. 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
Gould FlagstoneLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Little Nickel ClaimMolybdenum, NickelProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Gila County

Storms near this place

14 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Strawberry in 14 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 7 flash flood, 3 heavy rain, 2 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2015Flash FloodStrawberry$50,000Scattered strong thunderstorms developed across northwest Maricopa county during the afternoon hours on July 18th. Due to a significant infusion of tropical moisture from hurricane Dolores, the storms produced torrential rainfall with peak rain rates well in excess of 3 inches per hour; one of the communities that was especially hard hit by the heavy rain was Wickenburg. Heavy rain in the Wickenburg area began around 1630MST and continued through the evening hours; many flood control district rain gages in the area reported storm total rainfall amounts ranging from 3 inches to nearly 4.5 inches. The excessive rainfall led to episodes of flash flooding; according to the Department of Highways, at 1805MST U.S. Highway 60 was closed at milepost 111 due to the fact that the road was flooded and impassable. Earlier, at 1742MST a trained spotter 1 mile southeast of Wickenburg reported 2 inches of rain measured in 30 minutes which flooded area roadways. Additionally, another spotter 2 miles southwest of Wickenburg reported Cemetary Wash running with very heavy rapids and water was reported to be 2 inches deep across the front yard of some homes. At 1746MST heavy rain caused the Casandro Wash to rise to 6.7 feet which is above flood stage. Fortunately, no injuries were reported due to the flash flooding.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindStrawberry$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds downed several telephone poles in Strawberry.
October 2025Flash FloodStrawberry-A USGS stream gauge on the East Verde River (EVDA3) reported over a 2 foot rise in 90 minutes. That's an increase in flow from 12 to 630 cfs.
November 2025Flash FloodStrawberry-A USGS stream gauge at Fossil Creek near Strawberry (FCSA3) reported a 3.17 foot rise due to widespread rain across the basin. Peak flow was 2701 cfs.
August 2023Flash FloodStrawberry-Fossil Creek Road (Forest Road 708) closed for several days due to damage from heavy rain and flooding that occurred on August 16th and 17th. Closure began morning of August 18th and remain closed for several week or more.
August 2021Flash FloodStrawberry-The East Verde River near Childs (EVDA3) had a 2.9 foot rise between 0800 and 0845 MST.
March 2020Heavy RainStrawberry-Four and a half (4.50) inches of rain fell over a four day period in Pine. Pine Creek was flowing over two low water crossings. The deepest was 10 to 18 inches on March 13.
February 2019Flash FloodStrawberry-The Verde River near Childs had a 10 foot rise in six hours (from 745 PM to 110 AM).
August 2018Flash FloodStrawberry-Wet Bottom Creek rose from 2.21 feet at 600 PM to 4.23 feet at 730 PM.
February 2017Heavy RainStrawberry-Heavy rain fell across Northern Gila County. Here are some 24 hours rainfall amounts (inches):||Washington Park 3.72 |1 S Pine 3.28 |4 N Kohls Ranch 3.13|1 SW Washington Park 2.99 |4 NNW Star Valley 2.63 |1 E Payson 2.47 |Payson 2.21 |Young 2.03.
July 2010Heavy RainStrawberry-Heavy rainfall from strong thunderstorms produced areas of flooding in the Wickenburg area. Standing and running water was reported near the intersection of highways 93 and 60, not far from the center of Wickenburg. Rainfall rates up to three quarters of an inch per hour were also reported in the area.
July 2008HailStrawberry-A thunderstorm produced nickle sized hail that accumulated on the ground.
August 2002HailStrawberry-One inch hail covered the ground in the town of Strawberry.
September 1996FloodStrawberry-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Gila 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
Pine2.6 miles23
Geronimo Estates7.7 miles23
Flowing Springs10.6 miles23
Whispering Pines11.4 miles23
Beaver Valley Estates11.5 miles23
Verde Glen11.8 miles23
Freedom Acres12.0 miles23
Washington Park12.0 miles23

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 StrawberryAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3296030The 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 34888. 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.