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Youngtown, Arizona

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Phoenix census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85363. It stands on Lower El Mirage Wash. The Survey maps it on the El Mirage quadrangle. 7,056 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,138 feet above sea level.

Youngtown within Maricopa County

On record in Youngtown

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Population over time

2 figures

Youngtown grew from 6,156 to 7,056 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
20106,156
20207,056+900 (+15%)

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

607 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 607 fires within 5 miles of Youngtown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 113 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 21 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/undetermined560
Arson/incendiarism21
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Other causes1
Debris and open burning1

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
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-110821
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEl Mirage Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSun City Fire DepartmentNOT NAMED
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-133152
4 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreEl Mirage Fire Department3065
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-111961
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSun City Fire Departmentnot named
28 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeAZ-121942

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maricopa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Youngtown: 7 producers, 3 past producers, 1 unknown. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Halite, Salt, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Agua Fria Pit Sun Valley CrushingSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Alonzo Elder Muscovite #1MicaProducer
Luke Salt Body - Southwest Salt MineHalite, Gypsum-AnhydriteProducer1968
Southwest Mine & MillSaltProducer
Southwest SaltSaltProducer
Unidentified Halite OccurrenceHalitePast ProducerHalite
Arizona Sand & Rock, Agua Fria PlanSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel
Union Rock & Materials, El MirageSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Maricopa County

Storms near this place

9 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Youngtown in 9 storm reports between 2005 and 2025: 4 flash flood, 2 heavy rain, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 2005LightningYoungtown$50,000House fire reported at 11620 N 114th Drive. At least 4 palm tree fires were reportedly started by lightning strikes.
October 2018Flash FloodYoungtown$40,000Thunderstorms with locally heavy rain developed across the western portion of the greater Phoenix metropolitan area during the afternoon hours on October 23rd. Some of the stronger storms affected areas from Luke Air Force Base east into Glendale and Peoria. Peak rain rates with the stronger storms were in excess of one inch per hour and this led to some flash flooding. According to reports from local broadcast media, at roughly 1800MST multiple water rescues were already underway near 103rd Avenue and Mountain View Road. This was just north of Northern Avenue and between New River and the Agua Fria River. There was significant water over the roads and this could be viewed in media chopper footage. A Flash Flood Warning was in effect at the time of the rescues; it was issued at 1729MST and remained in effect through 2030MST. No injuries were reported despite the flash flooding and water rescues.
September 2025Flash FloodYoungtown$20,000Water rescue reported near the area of Olive Avenue and 103rd Avenue in Peoria. No injuries reported.
July 2021Flash FloodYoungtown$10,000A water rescue was reported at 107th Avenue and Mountain View Road. No injuries were reported.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindYoungtown$5,000Scattered thunderstorms developed across the western portion of the greater Phoenix metropolitan area during the afternoon hours on July 29th and some of the stronger storms produced gusty and damaging outflow winds which affected communities such as El Mirage. According to local broadcast media, at 1710MST gusty winds estimated to be 60 mph knocked down a tree and snapped a light pole.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindYoungtown$500A damaged mobile home awning laid on the road of North 103 Avenue between West Olive Avenue and West Northern Avenue in Glendale. Timing estimated from radar. Wind gusts were estimated at around 60 mph. No injuries were reported.
March 2010Heavy RainYoungtown-Several reports of hail across the metro area. Hail size was 1/4 to 1/2 inch. Brief heavy rain and gusty winds were also reported.
August 2010Heavy RainYoungtown-Spotter reported heavy rain of 0.25 inches and gusty winds estimated to 40 mph.
August 2008Flash FloodYoungtown-A spotter in Youngtown had a downpour of one inch of rain in just 30 minutes.

Every storm recorded in Maricopa 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
White Tanks0.7 miles19
Agua Fria1.0 miles19
Sun City1.7 miles19
Dysart (historical)1.8 miles19
Country Meadows2.2 miles19
Goldbadge2.2 miles19
Sunset Village2.3 miles19
Villa Vista2.5 miles19

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 YoungtownAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q985309The 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 36491. 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.