Graham County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level between 2 and 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Moderate Potential
Drinking water stations with addresses in Thatcher and their reported violations in the past:
LOMA LINDA WATER CO (Population served: 450, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- Follow-up and Routine Tap Sampling - Between OCT-2004 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule
- Follow-up and Routine Tap Sampling - Between JAN-2003 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule
- 2 regular monitoring violations
ASH CREEK WATER COMPANY (Population served: 300, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In JUL-2004, Contaminant: Coliform
Past monitoring violations:
- Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In JUL-2004, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR)
- CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-2003 and DEC-2025, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (OCT-31-2005)
- Follow-up and Routine Tap Sampling - Between JAN-2003 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule
- Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In APR-2002, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR)
- One minor monitoring violation
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 14.7%
(7.2% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 27.6% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 52.0% for American Indian residents, 0.0% for other race residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This town: |  2.9 people | | Arizona: |  2.8 people |
| This town: | 69.8% | | Whole state: | 68.6% |
| This town: | 3.1% | | Whole state: | 6.2% |
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Thatcher, AZ
258 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
Thatcher compared to Arizona state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage below state average.
- Number of college students above state average.
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Fire-safe hotels and motels in Thatcher, Arizona:
- Comfort Inn & Suties-Thatcher, 2577 W Hwy 70, Thatcher, AZ 85552
 , Phone: (928) 348-9500, Fax: (928) 348-9502
- Springhill Suites By Marriott, 2855 W Hwy 70, Thatcher, AZ 85552 , Phone: (928) 428-6900
All 2 fire-safe hotels and motels in Thatcher, Arizona
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (80%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Wood (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Graham County Arizona:
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Religion statistics for Thatcher (based on Graham County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 67.08%
| Here | | 67.1% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Catholic Church | LDS (Mormon) Church | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Assemblies of God |
|---|
| Adherents | 47.5% | 38.3% | 3.8% | 2.3% | 2.0% |
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| Congregations | 13.0% | 46.3% | 7.4% | 3.7% | 5.6% |
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| Name | Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Churches of Christ | Seventh-Day Adventist Church | Other |
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| Adherents | 1.8% | 1.1% | 0.7% | 0.5% | 1.9% |
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| Congregations | 3.7% | 3.7% | 1.9% | 1.9% | 13.0% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 6 | This county: | 1.72 / 10,000 pop. | | Arizona: | 1.36 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 2 | Graham County: | 0.57 / 10,000 pop. | | Arizona: | 0.55 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 13 | This county: | 3.72 / 10,000 pop. | | Arizona: | 2.47 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 14 | Graham County: | 4.00 / 10,000 pop. | | Arizona: | 6.21 / 10,000 pop. |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | Graham County: | 11.4% | | State: | 14.2% |
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
1 | $2,763 | $33,156 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
4 | $22,144 | $66,432 | 0 | $0 |
| Judicial and Legal |
2 | $4,158 | $24,948 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
9 | $47,050 | $62,733 | 0 | $0 |
| Police - Other |
1 | $3,452 | $41,424 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
3 | $9,394 | $37,576 | 0 | $0 |
| Solid Waste Management |
2 | $7,519 | $45,114 | 2 | $1,749 |
| Sewerage |
1 | $4,514 | $54,168 | 0 | $0 |
| Parks and Recreation |
1 | $3,901 | $46,812 | 0 | $0 |
| Electric Power |
4 | $17,413 | $52,239 | 0 | $0 |
| Other and Unallocable |
1 | $3,704 | $44,448 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
29 | $126,012 | $52,143 | 2 | $1,749 |
Thatcher government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $146,000 ($30.10)
Solid Waste Management: $125,000 ($25.77)
- Current Operations - Electric Utilities: $1,230,000 ($253.56)
Police Protection: $721,000 ($148.63)
Sewerage: $373,000 ($76.89)
Regular Highways: $360,000 ($74.21)
Central Staff Services: $355,000 ($73.18)
Solid Waste Management: $309,000 ($63.70)
Parks & Recreation: $140,000 ($28.86)
General - Other: $80,000 ($16.49)
Judicial and Legal Services: $58,000 ($11.96)
Fire Protection: $41,000 ($8.45)
- General - Interest on Debt: $60,000 ($12.37)
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $1,149,000 ($236.86)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $1,000,000 ($206.14)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $730,000 ($150.48)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $270,000 ($55.66)
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $142,000 ($29.27)
General Revenue, NEC: $56,000 ($11.54)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $5,372,000 ($1107.40)
- Revenue - Electric Utilities: $1,330,000 ($274.17)
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $731,000 ($150.69)
Highways: $328,000 ($67.61)
All Other: $66,000 ($13.61)
Housing & Community Development: $25,000 ($5.15)
- Tax - Total General Sales: $1,813,000 ($373.74)
Property: $144,000 ($29.68)
Public Utilities: $52,000 ($10.72)
NEC: $11,000 ($2.27)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $1,017,000 ($209.65)
8.56% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($36,160 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 8.56% | | Arizona average: | 8.20% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
7.41% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,002 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 7.41% | | Arizona average: | 5.96% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Thatcher:
- KATO (1230 AM; 1 kW; SAFFORD, AZ; Owner: MCMURRAY COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- KFLT (830 AM; 50 kW; TUCSON, AZ; Owner: FAMILY LIFE B/CING SYSTEM, INC.)
- KUAZ (1550 AM; daytime; 50 kW; TUCSON, AZ; Owner: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS)
- KHIL (1250 AM; 5 kW; WILLCOX, AZ; Owner: LAKESHORE MEDIA, LLC)
- KMIA (710 AM; 50 kW; BLACK CANYON CITY, AZ; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
- KFNX (1100 AM; 50 kW; CAVE CREEK, AZ; Owner: NORTH AMERICAN BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- KMIK (1580 AM; 50 kW; TEMPE, AZ; Owner: ABC, INC.)
- KPXQ (1360 AM; 50 kW; GLENDALE, AZ; Owner: COMMON GROUND BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KTNN (660 AM; 50 kW; WINDOW ROCK, AZ; Owner: THE NAVAJO NATION)
- KTKT (990 AM; 10 kW; TUCSON, AZ; Owner: ARIZONA LOTUS CORP.)
- KEVT (1030 AM; 10 kW; CORTARO, AZ; Owner: ONE MART CORP.)
- KHAC (880 AM; 43 kW; TSE BONITO, NM; Owner: WESTERN INDIAN MINISTRIES, INC.)
- KQTL (1210 AM; 10 kW; SAHUARITA, AZ; Owner: RADIO UNICA OF TUCSON LICENSE CORP.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Thatcher:
- KXKQ (94.1 FM; SAFFORD, AZ; Owner: MCMURRAY COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- K208BT (89.5 FM; SAFFORD, AZ; Owner: AZ BD OF REGENTS/UNIV. OF ARIZONA)
- KJIK (100.7 FM; DUNCAN, AZ; Owner: WILLIAM S. KONOPNICKI)
- K204CE (88.7 FM; CLIFTON, AZ; Owner: THE MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO)
- KFMM (99.1 FM; THATCHER, AZ; Owner: WICK COMMUNICATIONS CO.)
- KGMG (106.3 FM; ORACLE, AZ; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
- KWCX-FM (104.9 FM; WILLCOX, AZ; Owner: LAKESHORE MEDIA, LLC)
- K255AC (98.9 FM; TUCSON, AZ; Owner: MARICOPA COUNTY COMMUN. COLLEGE DIST)
- K263AA (100.5 FM; TUCSON, AZ; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
- KZLZ-FM2 (105.3 FM; TUCSON, AZ; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
- KWRQ (102.3 FM; CLIFTON, AZ; Owner: MCMURRAY COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- KCDX (103.1 FM; FLORENCE, AZ; Owner: DESERT WEST AIR RANCHERS CORPORATION)
- KUAT-FM (90.5 FM; TUCSON, AZ; Owner: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS)
- K292CM (106.3 FM; SUMMERHAVEN, AZ; Owner: ARIZONA LOTUS CORPORATION)
- KZLZ-FM1 (105.3 FM; TUCSON, AZ; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
- KVJC (91.9 FM; GLOBE, AZ; Owner: CSN INTERNATIONAL)
- KRXS-FM (97.3 FM; GLOBE, AZ; Owner: LINDA C. POTYKA)
- KMRR (100.3 FM; GLOBE, AZ; Owner: HBC LICENSE CORPORATION)
- KXCI (91.3 FM; TUCSON, AZ; Owner: FOUNDATION FOR CREATIVE BROADCASTING, INC.)
Fatal road traffic accident statistics for 1975 - 2009 (per 100,000 population)
Thatcher, Arizona:
- Fatal accident count: 5
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 9
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 1
- Fatalities: 6
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 16
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 1
Arizona average:
- Fatal accident count: 274
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 437
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 102
- Fatalities: 296
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 783
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 47
Thatcher fatal accident list:
Aug 3, 2007 03:08 PM, Hoopes Ave, Lat: 32.806094, Lon: -109.762808, Vehicles: 2, Fatalities: 1
Dec 17, 2001 11:40 AM, 20th Av, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 2
Feb 9, 1998 04:24 PM, Us-70, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
Oct 2, 1997 07:22 PM, 70, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Pedestrians: 1, Fatalities: 1
Feb 26, 1978 07:00 PM, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 7, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 8 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers in Thatcher, AZ)
FCC Registered Broadcast Land Mobile Towers: 1 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Broadcast Land Mobile Towers)
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 5 - THATCHER, Church St & College Ave (Lat: 32.840333 Lon: -109.761444), Overall height: 18.3 m, Call Sign: WMV980
Assigned Frequencies: 11325.0 MHz
Grant Date: 02/27/2001, Expiration Date: 02/01/2011, Cancellation Date: 06/07/2006
Registrant: Holland & Knight LLP, 2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 100, Washington, DC 20006, Phone: (202) 862-5989, Fax: (202) 955-5564, Email:
- Safford, 3160 West 8th Street (Lat: 32.823944 Lon: -109.744806), Type: Bant, Structure height: 30 m, Overall height: 33.2 m, Call Sign: WPXC431
Assigned Frequencies: 928.668 MHz, 952.668 MHz
Grant Date: 03/04/2003, Expiration Date: 03/04/2013, Certifier: Richard C Nation
Registrant: El Paso Natural Gas Company, Bloomfield, NM 87413, Phone: (505) 632-6566, Fax: (505) 632-6514, Email:
- SAFFORD, 1.0 Mi S Of (Lat: 32.832000 Lon: -109.752833), Type: Tower, Structure height: 21.3 m, Overall height: 24.4 m, Call Sign: WQDU978
Assigned Frequencies: 6670.62 MHz, 6690.62 MHz
Grant Date: 11/04/2005, Expiration Date: 11/04/2015, Certifier: William Van Huss
Registrant: El Paso Natural Gas Company, Bloomfield, NM 87413, Phone: (505) 632-6566, Fax: (505) 632-6514, Email:
- SHERIFF DP, 618 S. Dusty Trail (Lat: 32.833222 Lon: -109.755000), Type: Tower, Structure height: 32 m, Overall height: 38.7 m, Call Sign: WQFF405
Assigned Frequencies: 955.550 MHz
Grant Date: 06/30/2006, Expiration Date: 06/30/2016, Certifier: Terry Cooper
Registrant: Canyon State Wireless, Inc., 8 Corral Rd., Sierra Vista, AZ 85635, Phone: (520) 458-4772, Fax: (520) 459-7322, Email:
- STATION, At Aepco Substn On W Side Of (Lat: 32.852000 Lon: -109.776167), Overall height: 21.3 m, Call Sign: WBH607
Assigned Frequencies: 6595.00 MHz, 6660.00 MHz
Grant Date: 10/28/2008, Expiration Date: 09/29/2018, Certifier: Ronald L Eshelman
Registrant: Sierra Southwest Cooperative Services, Inc., Benson, AZ 85602, Phone: (520) 586-5599, Fax: (520) 586-5343
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 28 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Thatcher)
FAA Registered Aircraft Manufacturers and Dealers: 1 ( See the full list of FAA Registered Manufacturers and Dealers in Thatcher)
FAA Registered Aircraft: 14 ( See the full list of FAA Registered Aircraft)
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
| Most common first names in Thatcher, AZ among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
|---|
| William | 21 | 73.1 years |
| John | 20 | 72.5 years |
| James | 19 | 78.9 years |
| Charles | 16 | 72.4 years |
| Mary | 11 | 73.8 years |
| Robert | 11 | 75.5 years |
| George | 10 | 75.7 years |
| Edward | 10 | 71.7 years |
| Joseph | 9 | 76.6 years |
| Ruth | 9 | 77.1 years |
| Most common last names in Thatcher, AZ among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
|---|
| Jones | 12 | 76.4 years |
| Lee | 11 | 77.9 years |
| Smith | 11 | 73.3 years |
| Carpenter | 9 | 87.6 years |
| Moody | 8 | 82.0 years |
| Nelson | 8 | 82.0 years |
| Curtis | 8 | 77.2 years |
| Johnson | 8 | 76.0 years |
| Hoopes | 8 | 79.5 years |
| Brown | 7 | 76.1 years |
| Businesses in Thatcher, AZ |
| Name | Count | | Name | Count |
| Ashley Furniture | 1 | | Nike | 2 |
| Big O Tires | 1 | | Papa John's Pizza | 1 |
| Burger King | 1 | | RadioShack | 1 |
| Comfort Inn | 1 | | SONIC Drive-In | 1 |
| Dennys | 1 | | Safeway | 1 |
| H&R Block | 1 | | Starbucks | 1 |
| Home Depot | 1 | | Taco Bell | 1 |
| La-Z-Boy | 1 | | U-Haul | 1 |
| Marriott | 1 | | Verizon Wireless | 1 |
| MasterBrand Cabinets | 1 | | Vons | 1 |
- #62 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the highest average sunshine amount"
- #86 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Child care workers"
- #89 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the highest number of murders in 2006 per 10,000 residents, excludes tourist destinations and others with a lot of outsiders visiting based on city industries data"
- #89 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the largest differences between daily high and daily low temperatures"
- #94 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the highest number of days clear of clouds"
- #98 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the highest ratio of murders to rapes between 2001 and 2006"
- #76 (85552) on the list of "Top 101 zip codes with the largest percentage of English first ancestries (pop 5,000+)"
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