Wheatfields, Gila County, Arizona Explained

Official Name:Wheatfields, Arizona
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:Arizona#USA
Pushpin Label:Wheatfields
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Name1:Arizona
Subdivision Name2:Gila
Area Total Km2:20.88
Area Total Sq Mi:8.06
Area Land Km2:20.88
Area Land Sq Mi:8.06
Area Water Km2:0.00
Area Water Sq Mi:0.00
Elevation Ft:3121
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:556
Population Density Km2:26.62
Population Density Sq Mi:68.96
Timezone:MST (no DST)
Utc Offset:-7
Coordinates:33.4808°N -110.8519°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Area Code:928
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:04-82120
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]

Wheatfields is a census-designated place (CDP) in Gila County, Arizona, United States. The population was 785 at the 2010 United States Census.[2] It is one of two places in Arizona with this name, the other being a populated place in Apache County.

Geography

Wheatfields is located in southern Gila County in the valley of Pinal Creek. Arizona State Route 188 forms the western edge of the CDP, leading northwest to Theodore Roosevelt Lake and south 10miles to Globe, the county seat.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Wheatfields CDP has a total area of 20.9km2, all land.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files. United States Census Bureau. October 29, 2021.
  2. Web site: Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Wheatfields CDP, Arizona. U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. November 8, 2016.