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.
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
Pleasant Valley Ranger Stationlisted 1993- Perkins Storelisted 1999
Population over time
2 figuresYoung 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 666 | |
| 2020 | 588 | -78 (-12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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
- 1961 USGS Young quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Show Low quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Young quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 2004 USGS Young quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
96 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 57 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | CLINE |
| 8 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | BAR X |
| 7 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | NAIL |
| 6 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | PIT |
| 29 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | PIT 2 |
| 16 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | GENTRY |
| 10 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Tonto National Forest | CROUCH |
| 9 August 1993 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Tonto National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garnet Occurrence | Garnet | Occurrence | Garnet, Magnetite | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Jones Barite-Fluorite | Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Manganese | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Jones Barite-Fluorite | Copper, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | ||
| Nail Ranch Hematite | Iron | Prospect |
Storms near this place
12 since 2000Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Young | - | 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 2018 | Hail | Young | - | Hail damaged (dimple) the hood of a car as it traveled through the town of Young. |
| August 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Young | - | 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 2016 | Flash Flood | Young | - | 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 2012 | Flash Flood | Young | - | 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 2010 | Heavy Rain | Young | - | 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 2007 | Hail | Young | - | A thunderstorm produced nickle sized hail in Young. |
| September 2004 | Tornado (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 2003 | Hail | Young | - | Quarter sized (one inch diameter) was reported in Pleasant Valley near Young. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Young | - | One inch diameter hail was reported in the town of Young. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Young | - | 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 2000 | Wildfire | Young | - | 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spurlock | 4.9 miles | 21 | |
| Colcord Mountain Estates | 11.7 miles | 19 | |
| Gallups | 11.9 miles | 22 | |
| Coffeepot | 12.6 miles | 22 | |
| Sleepy Hollow | 12.6 miles | 19 | |
| Hunter Creek Ranch | 14.2 miles | 27 | |
| Bear Flat | 14.3 miles | 27 | |
| Christopher Creek | 15.0 miles | 27 |
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 Young | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1262763 | 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 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.









