Yuma, Arizona Yuma, Arizona Old Yuma Post Office Old Yuma Post Office Location of Yuma, Arizona Location of Yuma, Arizona Yuma, Arizona is positioned in the US Yuma, Arizona - Yuma, Arizona County Yuma Body Yuma City Council Major airport Yuma International Airport Yuma (Cocopah: Yuum) is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Yuma County, Arizona, United States.
It is positioned in the southwestern corner of the state, and the populace of the town/city was 93,064 at the 2010 census, up from the 2000 census populace of 77,515. Yuma is the principal town/city of the Yuma, Arizona Metropolitan Statistical Area, which consists of Yuma County.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the 2014 estimated populace of the Yuma MSA is 203,247. More than 85,000 retirees make Yuma their winter residence. Fort Yuma, California, about 1875 Steamboats on the Colorado River at Yuma, about 1880 Yuma Crossing in 1886.
Military expeditions that crossed the Colorado River at the Yuma Crossing include Juan Bautista de Anza (1774), the Mormon Battalion (1848) and the California Column (1862).
During and after the California Gold Rush to the late 1870s, the Yuma Crossing was known for its ferry crossings for the Southern Emigrant Trail.
Following the United States establishing Fort Yuma, two suburbs developed one mile down river.
At that time Colorado City became part of Arizona City. It took the name Yuma in 1873.
From 1864, the Yuma Quartermaster Depot, today a state historic park, supplied all forts in present-day Arizona, as well as large parts of Colorado and New Mexico.
After Arizona became a separate territory, Yuma became the governmental center of county for Yuma County in 1871, replacing La Paz, the first seat.
Yuma became the new base of navigation on the river, ending the need for Port Isabel, which was abandoned in 1879.
The warehouses and shipyard there were moved to Yuma.
Yuma is positioned near the borders of California to the west and Mexico to the south, and just west of the Gila River's confluence with the Colorado.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 106.7 square miles (276 km2), of which 106.6 square miles (276 km2) is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) (0.07%) is water.
Yuma is noted for its weather extremes.
Of any populated place in the adjoining United States, Yuma is the driest, the sunniest, and the least humid, has the lowest recurrence of rain and has the highest number of days per year 175 with a daily maximum temperature of 90 F (32 C) or higher. Yuma features a hot desert climate (Koppen climate classification BWh), with extremely hot summers and warm winters.
The sun is said to shine amid about 90% of the daylight hours, making Yuma the sunniest place in the world. An annual mean sunlight duration of 4,015 h would have been recorded in the desert city. On average, Yuma receives 3.36 inches (85 mm) of precipitation annually.
The driest year at Yuma Airport has been 2007, with only 0.15 in (3.8 mm) recorded.
In 1995, Yuma reached its all-time high of 124 F (51 C). The lowest recorded temperature was 6 C (21 F) on the Yuma-Mesa region in January 2007.
The temperature fell to 6 C (21 F) for approximately two hours and harmed many crops grown in and around Yuma.
The crop that suffered the most damage was the citrus on the Yuma mesa, most prominently the lemon crop.
This rare event cut power to 12,000 customers in Yuma, and dropped 3.59 inches (91 mm) of precipitation at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma.
The last time a hurricane had hit near Yuma was in mid-August 1977, when similar falls were recorded.
Climate data for Yuma, Arizona (Yuma Int'l), 1981 2010 normals, extremes 1878 present There were 38,626 housing units in Yuma city, 79.5% of which were occupied housing units.
High unemployment remains an copy in Yuma.
Citing April 2014 data, the Bureau of Labor Statistics ranked Yuma as having the highest unemployment rate in the United States at 23.8 percent, above the 21.6 percent in El Centro, California. Yuma's agricultural workforce, which adjusts to the picking season, is cited by the Arizona Department of Commerce as the reason for the apparent high unemployment. The Yuma Metropolitan Travel Destination has the highest unemployment rate in the United States as of 2014 at 23.8%. A large percentage of the work force is working cyclicly in agriculture, contributing to apparent unemployment.
According to the City's 2016 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the Yuma Metropolitan Travel Destination in 2015 were: 1 Marine Corps Air Station Yuma 6,825 2 Yuma Proving Ground 2,093 3 Yuma Regional Medical Center 1,991 5 Yuma Elementary School District 1,400 6 Yuma County 1,366 8 City of Yuma 1,200 10 Yuma Union High School District 1,000 Desert near Yuma in 2005 Yuma contains the historical Yuma Territorial Prison, the Yuma Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park (formerly known as the Yuma Crossing Historic Park), and a historic downtown area.
Yuma is an Arizona Main Street City.
They are now directed by the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area and the City of Yuma.
The Yuma Visitors' Bureau oversees the Welcome Center at the Quartermaster Depot and is the official visitors' center for the Yuma Community.
The town/city is the locale of the Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, which conducts an annual air show and many large-scale military exercises.
Yuma Proving Ground is also home to the Special Operations Free Fall School, which provides training in free-fall parachute operations to Special Forces units in all chapters of service, as well as those of other nations.
Yuma is an meaningful station for trucking trade boss of goods between California, Arizona and Mexico.
Originally played as accompaniment to silent films, it has been moved to the Yuma Theatre.
Every February inhabitants and visitors appreciate the annual rodeo, the Yuma Jaycees Silver Spur Rodeo.
The Yuma County Fair takes place annually in the spring at the fairgrounds in Yuma.
Yuma has a minor-league-caliber ballpark, Desert Sun Stadium, which was home to the Yuma Desert Rats of the North American League and site of home games of two (previously four) squads for the Arizona Winter League. The San Diego Padres used the field as a spring training facility from 1969 until 1993. and a Japanese baseball team, the Yakult Swallows, used the field for spring training for 20 years. Many small-town club sports exist in the region as well, including the Yuma Sidewinders Rugby Football Club.
The rugby team participates in the Division III Arizona Men's Rugby League, and travels throughout Arizona, California and Nevada, as well as playing home games in Yuma.
The town/city is zoned to the Yuma Union High School District.
Yuma has five enhance high schools: Yuma Union High School, Kofa High School, Cibola High School, Gila Ridge High School, Vista Alternative High School; and the private Yuma Catholic High School and Calvary Baptist School.
Yuma also has four charter high schools: AZTEC High School, Carpe Diem Collegiate High School, Harvest Preparatory Academy, and YPIC Charter High School.
Yuma has two chief elementary school districts, District One and Crane District, which include a several schools as well as junior high schools.
Yuma has four charter elementary school: Ameri - Schools Academy North and South, Harvest Preparatory Academy, and Desert View Academy.
Additionally, Yuma has 6 six private elementary schools: Yuma Lutheran School, Yuma Adventist Christian School, Immaculate Conception School, St.
Arizona Western College is Yuma's improve college, serving primarily as a choice for transfer students and those with shorter longterm position goals.
Northern Arizona University has a branch ground in Yuma, as does the for-profit University of Phoenix.
Yuma is served by the Yuma County Library District which consists of a Main Library and a several chapters, including sites in Somerton, Wellton, Fortuna Foothills, and San Luis.
Yuma Sun journal Yuma County Area Transit Yuma International Airport Yuma Station (Amtrak) Mike Marshall, Manager of the Yuma Scorpions, won two World Series rings with the Los Angeles Dodgers John Shanssey, American boxer, gambler, saloon owner, and Mayor of Yuma Worsley, educator; lived in Yuma, 1959 to 1963 West Wetlands Park (Yuma, AZ) Yuma Territorial Prison Greater Yuma Economic Development Corporation.
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Yuma Area Employers, Greater Yuma website "Yuma Scorpions".
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"Schools & School Calendar - Yuma County Superintendent's Office".
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