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Wheatfields, Apache County, Arizona

Wheatfields, Arizona
Populated place
Wheatfields is located in Arizona
Wheatfields
Wheatfields
Location within the state of Arizona
Wheatfields is located in the United States
Wheatfields
Wheatfields
Wheatfields (the United States)
Coordinates: 36°14′16″N 109°07′43″W / 36.23778°N 109.12861°W / 36.23778; -109.12861
CountryUnited States
StateArizona
CountyApache
Elevation
[1]
7,287 ft (2,221 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (MST)
Area code928
FIPS code04-82110
GNIS feature ID25274[1]

Wheatfields is a populated place situated in Apache County, Arizona, United States, right along the border with New Mexico.[2] It has an estimated elevation of 7,287 feet (2,221 m) above sea level.[1] It is one of two places in Arizona with this name, the other being a CDP in Gila County. In 1909, the US Government set up an irrigation project to assist the Navajo residents.[3] It is a chapter of the Navajo Nation.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wheatfields, Apache County, Arizona
  2. ^ "Wheatfields (in Apache County, AZ) Populated Place Profile". AZ Hometown Locator. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
  3. ^ Barnes, Will C. (1960). Arizona Place Names. Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press. p. 25. LCCN 59063657.
  4. ^ "Tsaile / Wheatfields / Blackrock Chapter". tsaile.navajochapters.org. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
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