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Vernon, Arizona

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Eagar-Springerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85940. It lies near Serviceberry Hill. The Survey maps it on the Vernon quadrangle. 126 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,913 feet above sea level.

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Vernon within Apache County

Population over time

2 figures

Vernon grew from 122 to 126 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.

YearPeople Change
2010122
2020126+4 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

85 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Vernon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,275 acres in total. 30 started naturally. None 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/undetermined42
Natural30
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony4
Debris and open burning3
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
8 September 1997Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestECKS
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northeast DistrictSIRUS
2 September 2005Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestLAKE HOLE
2 September 2000Natural2.0 acresApache-Sitgreaves National ForestWOLF
19 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
6 August 2008Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestDIVISION
4 August 2005Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National ForestBURROWS
4 August 1994Naturalunder an acreApache-Sitgreaves National Forestnot named

Every fire recorded in Apache County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Vernon: 5 past producers, 5 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Volcanic Materials, Pumice. 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
Aniceto Spring Cinder DepositVolcanic MaterialsPast Producer
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Dog Bone Hill Cinder DepositVolcanic MaterialsPast Producer
Ortega Draw Cinder DepositVolcanic MaterialsPast Producer
Serviceberry Hill Cinder DepositVolcanic MaterialsPast Producer
Vernon Cinder DepositVolcanic MaterialsPast Producer

Every working recorded in Apache County

Storms near this place

9 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vernon in 9 storm reports between 2003 and 2021: 5 heavy rain, 3 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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
August 2021Flash FloodVernon-Substantial flooding was reported within Vernon. County Roads 3131, 3137, and 3187 were impassable.
July 2020Heavy RainVernon-There were several reports of between 1.00 and 2.20 inches of rain that fell in just over an hour in the Vernon area. Hail (0.70 inch diameter) was also reported.
August 2014Heavy RainVernon-A spotter reported 0.84 inches of rain in just 13 minutes.
August 2014Heavy RainVernon-An estimated three inches of rain fell with 1 to 3 feet deep water in low spots. One vehicle reported stuck in the water.
August 2014Heavy RainVernon-A trained spotter reported 2.34 inches of rain during the afternoon.
July 2010Flash FloodVernon-Heavy rain produced flooding in the Vernon area. County Road 3144 had water flowing over the top.
August 2008Funnel CloudVernon-A funnel cloud was seen off Highway 61 near Vernon.
July 2006Flash FloodVernon-A flash flood covered Highway 60 near Vernon.
July 2003Heavy RainVernon-One inch of rain fell in only 15 minutes in Vernon. Pea sized hail was also reported.

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
Los Burros9.2 miles21
McNary15.4 miles23
Concho15.7 miles17
Green Spot16.0 miles18
El Tule17.8 miles17
Richville18.0 miles17
Hawley Lake19.1 miles10
Salado19.3 miles17

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 VernonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5243655The 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 35771. 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.