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Young, Arizona

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Tonto Basin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85554. It lies near Mexican Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Young quadrangle. 588 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,187 feet above sea level.

Young within Gila County

On record in Young

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Young fell from 666 to 588 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
2010666
2020588-78 (-12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

96 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Young between 1992 and 2020, burning about 88 acres in total. 57 started naturally. 10 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
Natural57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Arson/incendiarism10
Debris and open burning6
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2011Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestCLINE
8 September 2008Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestBAR X
7 September 2002Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestNAIL
6 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTonto National ForestPIT
29 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreTonto National ForestPIT 2
16 September 1995Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestGENTRY
10 September 2009Naturalunder an acreTonto National ForestCROUCH
9 August 1993Natural4.0 acresTonto National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gila County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Young: 2 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Garnet, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Manganese, Copper. 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
Garnet OccurrenceGarnetOccurrenceGarnet, Magnetite
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jones Barite-FluoriteFluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, ManganeseOccurrenceVein
Jones Barite-FluoriteCopper, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect
Nail Ranch HematiteIronProspect

Every working recorded in Gila County

Storms near this place

12 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Young in 12 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 wildfire. 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 2024Thunderstorm WindYoung-A thunderstorm produced wind gust of at least 63 MPH, heavy rain (0.76 inch in 75 minutes), thunder, and lightning. A building on Moon Drive and Highway 288 lost the roof, power lines were damaged, and a hay shed was damaged.
August 2018HailYoung-Hail damaged (dimple) the hood of a car as it traveled through the town of Young.
August 2018Funnel CloudYoung-Pictures of a funnel cloud were relayed to the National Weather Service. The time and location of the funnel cloud were estimated by using radar.
August 2016Flash FloodYoung-The USGS stream gauge at Cherry Creek measured a 6 foot rise with a peak stage of 8.07 feet (4,800 CFS). Base flow is less than 10 CFS.
August 2012Flash FloodYoung-Heavy rain over the Fire area caused a mud and rock slide over Road 512 (Heber-Young Road). Road crews were called to clear the mud and debris from the road.
January 2010Heavy RainYoung-A strong winter storm produced 4.01 inches of precipitation in 24 hours. Rainfall over a three day period ranged from 6 to 10 inches across Gila Country.
July 2007HailYoung-A thunderstorm produced nickle sized hail in Young.
September 2004Tornado (F0)Young-A tornado touched down about 12 miles northeast of Young along the Young-Heber Highway near Forest Service Road 188. Trees were sheared off and the road was blocked.
August 2003HailYoung-Quarter sized (one inch diameter) was reported in Pleasant Valley near Young.
July 2003HailYoung-One inch diameter hail was reported in the town of Young.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindYoung-A thunderstorm moved through Young with wind between 50 and 60 MPH. The wind blew lawn chairs around, knocked down a 40 meter antenna, blew off the roof of a house trailer, and two other buildings sustained roof damage.
July 2000WildfireYoung-The Tanner Fire was caused by lightning on July 10 about 20 miles south of Young. The fire was contained on July 13 after 316 acres had burned.

Every storm recorded in Gila 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
Spurlock4.9 miles21
Colcord Mountain Estates11.7 miles19
Gallups11.9 miles22
Coffeepot12.6 miles22
Sleepy Hollow12.6 miles19
Hunter Creek Ranch14.2 miles27
Bear Flat14.3 miles27
Christopher Creek15.0 miles27

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 YoungAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1262763The 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 36483. 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.