Taylor, Arizona
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Snowflake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85937. The Survey maps it on the Taylor quadrangle. 3,995 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,761 feet above sea level.
On record in Taylor
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 4 records
- Norman Brimhall Houselisted 2004
- A.Z. Palmer Houselisted 2004
- Jordan Palmer Houselisted 2004
- Aquilla Standifird Houselisted 2004
Population over time
2 figuresTaylor fell from 4,112 to 3,995 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 | 4,112 | |
| 2020 | 3,995 | -117 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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 Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Show Low quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
61 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Taylor between 1994 and 2019, burning about 81 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 11 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 | 40 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Taylor Fire Department | not named |
| 30 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Apache Agency | CEDARCYN/E |
| 12 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Taylor Fire Department | 177 |
| 21 July 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Taylor Fire Department | 159 |
| 2 July 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 17 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northeast District | THREE FIFTY FIVE |
| 16 July 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Taylor Fire Department | 152 |
| 14 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | PINEDALE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Taylor: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood Wash Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Taylor in 7 storm reports between 2006 and 2018: 5 flash flood, 2 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2018 | Flash Flood | Taylor | - | Flash flooding closed Gene Taylor Ranch Road at Dobson Wash. |
| July 2018 | Heavy Rain | Taylor | - | Heavy rain from a thunderstorm caused street flooding in Taylor including Paper Mill Road and West Willow Lane. |
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | Taylor | - | Taylor Police reported that East Willow Lane was closed due to water running over the roadway. |
| September 2013 | Heavy Rain | Taylor | - | Heavy rain caused street flooding (curb to curb) in Taylor. Water was also flowing between homes and creating trenches. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Taylor | - | Several roads were flooded in and around Taylor. Part of Airport Road washed out near Highway 77. |
| August 2006 | Flash Flood | Taylor | - | Snowflake and Taylor Police Department reported flooding in Cottonwood Wash and Silver Creek along Highway 277. |
| July 2006 | Flash Flood | Taylor | - | Heavy rain caused flooding throughout the Snowflake and Taylor area. Ten to twelve homes were flooded. Water was knee deep in one yard. The Snowflake-Concho road was flooded and impassable. Highway 77 was also flooded. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowflake | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Schoens Crossing | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Shumway | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Robinson Trail Crossing | 7.3 miles | 16 | |
| White Mountain Lakes Estates | 9.1 miles | 19 | |
| White Mountain Lake | 9.4 miles | 19 | |
| Burton | 9.6 miles | 16 | |
| Silver Creek | 11.4 miles | 19 |
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 Taylor | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q786920 | 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 35160. 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.








