Wheatfields, Apache County, Arizona

Coordinates: 36°14′16″N 109°07′43″W / 36.23778°N 109.12861°W / 36.23778; -109.12861
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Wheatfields, Arizona
FIPS code
04-82110
GNIS feature ID24682

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 "Feature Detail Report for: Wheatfields". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "Wheatfields (in Apache County, AZ) Populated Place Profile". AZ Hometown Locator. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
  3. LCCN 59063657
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  4. ^ "Tsaile / Wheatfields / Blackrock Chapter". tsaile.navajochapters.org. Retrieved 2020-02-28.