Carefree, Arizona This article is about the Arizona, US, town.

Carefree, Arizona Welcome to the town of Carefree Marker .

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Official seal of Carefree, Arizona Motto: "The Best Small Town in Arizona" Location in Maricopa County and the state of Arizona Location in Maricopa County and the state of Arizona Carefree, Arizona is positioned in the US Carefree, Arizona - Carefree, Arizona Location in the United States Country United States State Arizona Website Town of Carefree Carefree is a town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States.

As of the 2010 United States Census, the populace of the town is 3,363. 4 Sears-Kay Ruin Characterised as an upscale residentiary area, Carefree was conceived in the mid-1950s by company partners K.T.

The Carefree Sundial.

The Carefree sundial, designed by architect Joe Wong and solar engineer John I.

Carefree was the long-time home of Southwestern Studios, originally assembled in 1968 as Fred Graham Studios by actor, stunt man, and Arizona Film Commissioner Fred Graham.

Later known as Carefree Studios, it was razed in 1999.

Carefree is 17 miles (27 km) west of Bartlett Lake, in the Tonto National Forest.

Carefree is bordered by the town/city of Scottsdale to the south and the town of Cave Creek to the west.

Carefree and Cave Creek are often thought of as a single community. The two suburbs share the small-town landmark Black Mountain.

According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 8.9 square miles (23 km2), all of it land.

Carefree has a hot semi-arid climate (Koppen BSh) with hot summers and mild winters, avoiding dry designation by being positioned closer to the rain-catching central mountain peaks of Arizona, so that it receives about 70 percent (around 5.3 inches or 135 millimetres) more rainfall annually than does Phoenix.

There are 141 afternoons annually with highs of at least 90 F or 32.2 C, 63.4 afternoons of at least 100 F or 37.8 C, and three afternoons that exceed 110 F or 43.3 C.

During the winter, 8.3 mornings will fall below freezing; the coldest temperature reported in Carefree is 15 F or 9.4 C, which occurred on January 13 of 1963 and January 7 of 1971.

Rainfall, however, is sometimes heavy amid winter fronts or monsoonal storms; the wettest month on record is January 1993 with 9.37 inches (238.0 mm), which helped produce a record "rain year" total of 26.20 inches (665.5 mm) between July 1992 and June 1993; in contrast between July 1962 and June 1963 only 6.98 inches (177.3 mm) was recorded.

Climate data for Carefree, Arizona (1971-2000; extremes since November 1961) The Sears-Kay Ruin is one of the many forts assembled by the Hohokam.

The ruins of this fort is positioned up on a desert foothill in the Tonto National Forest on the outskirts of the town of Carefree, Az.

Sears-Kay Ruin Fort Ruins.

Sears-Kay Ruin Fort wall.

Sears-Kay Ruin Fort rooms.

Sears-Kay Ruin Fort room.

Sears-Kay Ruin Fort Mystery Room.

Sears-Kay Ruin Fort modern formation.

View from the top of the desert foothill where the Sears-Kay Ruin Fort is located.

The Carefree Town Hall positioned at 8 East Sundial Circle.

The ethnic makeup of the town was 98.4% White, 0.2% Black or African American, <1% Native American, <1% Asian, <1% from other competitions, and 0.6% from two or more competitions.

In the town, the populace was spread out with 12.7% under the age of 18, 2.0% from 18 to 24, 15.4% from 25 to 44, 40.5% from 45 to 64, and 29.3% who were 65 years of age or older.

Carefree born out of desire to live in harmony with desert Climatography of the United States No.

"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".

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