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Tacna, Arizona

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Wellton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85352. The Survey maps it on the Tacna quadrangle. 425 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 351 feet above sea level.

Tacna within Yuma County

On record in Tacna

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

Tacna fell from 555 to 425 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
2000555
2010602+47 (+8%)
2020425-177 (-29%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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.

Fires near this place

47 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Tacna between 2002 and 2020, burning about 1,542 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined43
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
18 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Central DistrictCOLFRED
1 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficePOLK
7 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeCOLFRED
7 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado River DistrictMOTAC
31 July 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeCNA
28 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeROLL
20 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeI 8 MM 45
19 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeCOLFRED

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yuma County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Tacna: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite. 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
Baker Peak BariteBarium-BariteUnknown

Every working recorded in Yuma County

Storms near this place

16 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tacna in 16 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 flash 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 2021Thunderstorm WindTacna$500,000Multiple photos, videos, and media coverage show considerable damage around the small rural town of Tacna due to a microburst from a strong thunderstorm. Numerous trees were downed or broken. There were several downed or snapped power poles, causing a power outage to the area. Some trees and power poles fell on residential property, causing additional damage. There was extensive damage to residences and businesses. Several homes had their roof torn off by the winds. Yuma County Sheriff's Offices and the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Unit were dispatched for search and rescue efforts and to provide assistance to impacted individuals and families. Three families reportedly received additional assistance. Shelters were set up for displaced individuals and families. Additional reported damages include four electric car charging stations, a car window being blown out by flying debris, an overturned semi-truck on I-8, and a couple stacks of thousand-pound hay bales being blown over. Wind gusts estimated around 65-75 mph based on damage reports. Timing based on radar. Fortunately, no injuries were reported. No official damage estimates provided.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindTacna$30,000Thunderstorms developed across portions of southwest Yuma County during the afternoon hours on August 3rd, and some of them affected the town of Tacna along Interstate 8. Some of the stronger storms generated gusty and damaging microburst winds estimated to be as high as 70 mph. According to a trained spotter about 2 miles southwest of Tacna, at 1605MST strong winds flipped several small trailers south of Interstate 8 near the intersection of 11th Street and Avenue 39. No injuries were reported as a result of the damage.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindTacna$30,000Thunderstorms developed to the east of Yuma, and near the town of Tacna, during the afternoon hours on August 3rd. Some of the stronger storms produced gusty and damaging microburst winds which were estimated to be as high as 70 mph. According to a trained spotter less than one mile north of Tacna, several power poles were downed near Avenue 40. No cross streets were given. No injuries were reported.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindTacna$25,000Power poles down and sheds blown over.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindTacna$20,000Numerous power poles were blown down along Avenue 40 E between E County 6th Street and E County 8th Street. No injuries were reported.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindTacna$15,000Semi blown over on I-8 near Tacna. Timing estimated from radar and reports.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindTacna$8,000Thunderstorms developed across southwest Arizona during the afternoon hours on July 5th, and they affected communities such as Tacna. The storms produced strong gusty outflow winds; according to Yuma County law enforcement personnel, a power pole was blown down in Tacna by a wind gust estimated at around 60 mph.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindTacna$5,000Thunderstorms developed to the east of Yuma, and near the town of Tacna, during the afternoon hours on August 3rd. Some of the stronger thunderstorms produced gusty and damaging outflow winds estimated to be at least 60 mph in strength. According to a trained weather spotter, strong outflow winds blew the awning off of a home near Avenue 39 and County 8, about 1 mile northwest of the town of Tacna.
August 2025Flash FloodTacna-Report of 1.90 inches of rain within an hour, resulting in flash flooding in the Tacna area. Multiple washes were reported flowing across Old Highway 80.
August 2008Heavy RainTacna-A thunderstorm with heavy rain resulted in considerable standing water in one area.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindTacna-Severe thunderstorms moving west across south central Yuma County blew down four electric power poles between Tacna and Roll. A trailer was reported to be damaged in Roll.
July 1999HailTacna-Dime size hail reported by spotter.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindTacna-Thunderstorm winds knocked down six power poles.
July 1997HailTacna-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindTacna-no account filed
September 1994HailTacna-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Yuma 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
Tanque Aloma0.2 miles18
Colfred2.8 miles18
Noah3.7 miles20
Roll4.2 miles20
Asher6.5 miles20
Tyson7.8 miles20
Owl8.7 miles17
Wellton10.4 miles19

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 TacnaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1666181The 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 1759214. 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.