Summerhaven, Arizona
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Tucson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85619. It lies near Carter Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Mount Lemmon quadrangle. 71 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 8,000 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSummerhaven grew from 40 to 71 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 | 40 | |
| 2020 | 71 | +31 (+78%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1904 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:125000
- 1905 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Mount Lemmon quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Mt. Lemmon quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1994 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Mount Lemmon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
548 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 548 fires within 5 miles of Summerhaven between 1992 and 2020, burning about 84,233 acres in total. 234 started naturally. 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 234 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 183 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 84 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | DITCH |
| 7 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | ALDER |
| 7 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | CARTER |
| 7 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | RADIO |
| 6 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | ALDER |
| 6 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | SCOUT |
| 6 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | LABOR |
| 5 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | DAVIS SPRINGS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 36 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Summerhaven: 14 past producers, 9 occurrences, 6 producers, 5 unknowns. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Tungsten, Silver, Gold, Copper, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catalina Group | Copper, Silver, Gold, Tungsten | Prospect | Unknown | |
| Catalina Group | Copper, Gold, Silver, Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Daily Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Geesman Group | Copper, Tungsten, Silver, Gold | Producer | 1937, 1948 | |
| Geesman Mine Group | Copper, Silver, Tungsten, Gold, Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Hartman Homestake Mine | Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver | Past Producer | 1947, 1948 | |
| Hartman-Homestake Mines | Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Leatherwood Group | Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold | Producer | 1939, 1965 | |
| Leatherwood Mine Group | Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Metal Reserve | Copper, Silver | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
9 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Summerhaven in 9 storm reports between 2003 and 2020: 2 wildfire, 2 flash flood, 2 hail, 2 debris flow. 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 2003 | Wildfire | Summerhaven | $66,000,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Wildfire | Summerhaven | $66,000,000 | no account filed |
| January 2008 | Flood | Summerhaven | $777,000 | Localized amounts of rainfall in excess of 8 inches occurred on Mt. Lemmon causing extensive flooding and rock slides. Several people in Tucson needed to be rescued from flowing washes. |
| July 2020 | Debris Flow | Summerhaven | - | A debris flow of mud, ash, branches and brush was caused by rainfall between 0.75 and 1.25 in just over 30 minutes on the northern part of the Bighorn Fire burn scar. A flow of around 2 feet was measured at the upper reaches of the Canada Del Oro Wash and a debris flow as deep as 2 feet was also observed downstream crossing Edwin Road. |
| July 2020 | Debris Flow | Summerhaven | - | A debris flow of mud, ash, branches and brush was caused by rainfall between 0.75 and 1.25 in less than 1 hour on the northern part of the Bighorn Fire burn scar. A flow of nearly 5 feet was measured at the upper reaches of the Canada Del Oro Wash and a debris flow as deep as 3 feet was observed downstream crossing Edwin Road. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Summerhaven | - | Penny size hail was reported at Summerhaven. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Summerhaven | - | Heavy rain caused flash flooding of Mount Lemmon Highway and other roads in Summerhaven. |
| November 2007 | Flash Flood | Summerhaven | - | The Catalina highway experienced flooding due to heavy rainfall causing rock slides along the road. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Summerhaven | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loma Linda | 0.7 miles | 23 | |
| Soldier Camp | 1.3 miles | 24 | |
| Whitetail | 2.4 miles | 24 | |
| Willow Canyon | 4.7 miles | 24 | |
| Catalina | 9.7 miles | 21 | |
| Skyline Bel Aire Estates | 10.7 miles | 26 | |
| Oro Valley | 11.4 miles | 23 | |
| Catalina Foothills | 12.9 miles | 26 |
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 Summerhaven | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q31578 | 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 34939. 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.










