Yarnell, Arizona
31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Congress census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85362. It lies near Harper Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Yarnell quadrangle. 570 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,780 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresYarnell fell from 649 to 570 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 | 649 | |
| 2020 | 570 | -79 (-12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 31 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.
- 1887 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1903 USGS Congress quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Congress quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Wagoner quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Wagoner quadrangle1:63360
- 1950 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Wagoner quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Yarnell quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Bradshaw Mts quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
37 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Yarnell between 1993 and 2020, burning about 13,132 acres in total. 8 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/undetermined | 22 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2006 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Phoenix District Office | RICHIE |
| 30 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 10 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.5 acres | Phoenix District Office | RICH |
| 8 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Yarnell Fire District | 1817541 |
| 4 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Yarnell Fire District | NOT NAMED |
| 3 August 2019 | Natural | 3.3 acres | Phoenix District Office | RICH |
| 24 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Yarnell Fire District | NOT NAMED |
| 21 August 2006 | Natural | 10 acres | Phoenix District Office | RICH HILL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 62 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 62 workings within 5 miles of Yarnell: 22 prospects, 15 producers, 13 past producers, 8 occurrences. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Gold, Silver, Copper, Silver, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvarado Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper | Producer | 1905, 1935, 1943 | |
| Charlie Brown Claims | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Hartman | Gold, Lead, Silver | Prospect | ||
| John Sloan | Copper, Gold, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Johnson | Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Sulfur-Pyrite | Past Producer | ||
| Mountain View | Gold, Molybdenum | Prospect | ||
| Myers | Gold, Zinc, Iron, Lead, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Santa Claus | Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | ||
| Stanton Magnetite Taconite | Iron, Manganese, Sulfur, Titanium, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Uranus | Fluorine-Fluorite, Feldspar, Calcium, Uranium | Occurrence | Vein |
Storms near this place
5 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yarnell in 5 storm reports between 2006 and 2016: 3 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2016 | Heavy Rain | Yarnell | - | The Stanton Mesonet Station (ZSTA3) measured 1.93 inches of rainfall. |
| July 2014 | Heavy Rain | Yarnell | - | A thunderstorm produced heavy rain (0.90) over Yarnell and the Yarnell Hill Fire scar. This caused flowing water in washes and over low water crossings. The water stayed below the bridges in town. |
| July 2013 | Heavy Rain | Yarnell | - | Heavy rain from a thunderstorm cause water to flow over several roads in Yarnell. There was significant flows through the drainages. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Yarnell | - | Heavy rain over the Yarnell Hill Fire scar caused flash flooding in the town of Yarnell. A couple roads were over topped and debris flows ere observed. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yarnell | - | A RAWS 5 miles south of Yarnell recorded a 67 MPH wind gust with from a thunderstorm. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Ilah | 0.8 miles | 26 | |
| Peeples Valley | 3.4 miles | 28 | |
| Stanton | 4.0 miles | 31 | |
| Octave | 6.3 miles | 31 | |
| Piedmont | 6.3 miles | 26 | |
| Congress Junction | 6.6 miles | 26 | |
| Congress | 6.8 miles | 26 | |
| Rush Place Windmill | 8.2 miles | 29 |
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 Yarnell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2745133 | 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 14039. 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.














