Tonto Basin, Arizona
| Tonto Basin, Arizona | |
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| Census-designated place | |
 Location in Gila County and the state of Arizona |
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 Tonto Basin, Arizona
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| Coordinates: 33°50′24″N 111°17′5″W / 33.84000°N 111.28472°WCoordinates: 33°50′24″N 111°17′5″W / 33.84000°N 111.28472°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
| County | Gila |
| Area | |
| • Total | 31.3 sq mi (81.1 km2) |
| • Land | 31.3 sq mi (81.1 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 2,238 ft (682 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,424 |
| • Density | 46/sq mi (17.6/km2) |
| Time zone | MST (no DST) (UTC-7) |
| ZIP code | 85553 |
| Area code(s) | 928 |
| FIPS code | 04-74610 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1853170 |
Tonto Basin is a census-designated place (CDP) in Gila County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,424 at the 2010 United States Census, up from 840 at the 2000 census.
Within Tonto Basin is located the unincorporated community of Punkin Center.
The Pleasant Valley War (also sometimes called the Tonto Basin War or Feud) was an 1886 Arizona range war between two feuding families, the cattle-herding Grahams and the sheep-herding Tewksburys.
Tonto Basin is located in western Gila County at 33°50′24″N 111°17′5″W / 33.84000°N 111.28472°W (33.839953, -111.284734), in the valley of Tonto Creek, a south-flowing tributary of the Salt River. Arizona State Route 188 passes through the community, leading southeast 49 miles (79 km) to Globe, the county seat, and north 30 miles (48 km) to Payson.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Tonto Basin CDP has a total area of 31.3 square miles (81.1 km2), all of it land.
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