{"id":202002,"date":"2020-05-15T16:00:53","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T15:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/?p=202002"},"modified":"2025-02-17T13:59:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T13:59:00","slug":"arizona-facts","status":"publish","type":[],"link":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/arizona-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Astounding Facts About Arizona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nicknamed the \u201cCopper State\u201d or the \u201cGrand Canyon State, Arizona was the 48<sup>th state to join the United States of America on <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/day%5C/february-14%5C/%5C%22">February 14, 1912.\n<p>It has a population of 7.2 million people, making it the 14<sup>th most populous state.\n<p>Arizona is bordered by the states of California, <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/colorado-facts%5C/%5C%22">Colorado, </a><a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/nevada-facts%5C/%5C%22">Nevada, </a><a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/new-mexico-facts%5C/%5C%22">New Mexico, and </a><a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/utah-facts%5C/%5C%22">Utah. With&nbsp;a total of 113,990 sq mi (295,234 km\u00b2) of land it is the 6<sup>th largest state.\n<p>Enough dry facts for now though, let\u2019s take a closer look at what really makes this desert state tick!\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>We\u2019re not exactly sure what Arizona was named after.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-202664 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2020%5C/04%5C/arizona-welcome.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Nobody' truly knows where arizona got its name from width='\"728\"' height='\"360\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/arizona-welcome.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>We still don\u2019t know the exact origin of the name Arizona, and it\u2019s quite possible we never will.\n</p><p>That being said, there are really only two options.\n</p><p>The first possible origin of the name goes back to the original inhabitants of Arizona \u2013 the indigenous O\u2019odham people.\n</p><p>The legend goes that there is a small spring in northern Sonora, a state of <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/mexico-facts%5C/%5C%22">Mexico which shares its border with Arizona.\n<p>When European settlers first arrived they asked the name of the area, and they were told the name of the spring \u2013 al\u012d \u1e63onak.\n</p><p>This name then morphed through the Spanish language into Arizonac, and eventually through English into Arizona.\n</p><p>The other theory has a much simpler origin. There were a large number of shepherds from the Basque region of Spain in Arizona and Sonora, and it was named by them.\n</p><p>In Basque there is a phrase \u201charitz ona&rdquo;, meaning \u201cthe good oak\u201d and it\u2019s theorized to have morphed into Arizona over time.\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>The first Europeans to reach Arizona were Spaniards.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-202663 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2020%5C/04%5C/arizona-spaniards.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"The' first europeans to arrive in arizona were the spaniards width='\"728\"' height='\"460\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/arizona-spaniards.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>The first Europeans to cross into Arizona were with a Spanish missionary by the name of Marcos de Niza in 1539.\n</p><p>During his travels Marcos reportedly came upon Cibola, a great city full of untold riches.\n</p><p>Although he only saw it from a distance, he made a detailed report of his findings when he returned to Culiac\u00e1n.\n</p><p>This then lead the conquistador and explorer Francisco V\u00e1zquez de Coronado to embark on a great venture across the region of Arizona, reaching into New Mexico.\n</p><p>Unfortunately for Coronado though, he never found the riches he sought.\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>One of the best-preserved meteorite craters is in Arizona.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-202662 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2020%5C/04%5C/arizona-crater.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Arizona' is home to one of the world largest meteor craters width='\"728\"' height='\"420\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/arizona-crater.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>The Barringer Meteor crater (known as the \u201cMeteor Crater\u201d) is one of the best-kept of such sites in the whole world.\n</p><p>It\u2019s estimated that the meteor struck earth around 50,000 years ago.\n</p><p>The crater is a mind-blowing 1 mile (1.6 km) wide, and 570 ft (170 m) deep!\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>Arizona was once a state of Mexico.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-202661 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2020%5C/04%5C/arizona-mexico.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Arizona' used to be a part of mexico width='\"728\"' height='\"420\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/arizona-mexico.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Something that comes as no small surprise given its close proximity to the US-Mexico border is the fact that Arizona was a part of Mexico before it was a US state.\n</p><p>The area was actually originally colonized by the Spanish, and it was only when Mexico gained its independence from Spain that it took control of the state.\n</p><p>That control was to be short-lived though, as the land was taken by the United States as a result of the Mexican-American war in 1848.\n</p><p>It then took another 64 years for the region to finally attain statehood!\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>The London Bridge was dismantled and moved to Arizona.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-202660 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2020%5C/04%5C/arizona-london-bridge.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"London' bridge is now located in arizona width='\"728\"' height='\"420\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/arizona-london-bridge.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>One of the more bizarre stories to come out of Arizona is the tale of Robert McCulloch Sr, who founded the city of Lake Havasu City.\n</p><p>The London Bridge just so happened to be sinking, and was beginning to become a safety concern at the time Robert was founding Lake Havasu City. So what did he do?\n</p><p>He bought the whole bridge, lamps and all \u2013 and had it shipped all the way to Arizona!\n</p><p>The bridge was taken apart piece by piece and then reconstructed, and to this day it\u2019s the biggest tourist attraction in the surrounding area.\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>Only about 15% of land in Arizona is privately owned.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-202659 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2020%5C/04%5C/arizona-land.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Only' about of arizona land is privately owned width='\"728\"' height='\"420\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/arizona-land.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>While this number may seem tiny, you have to remember that Arizona is a massive state.\n</p><p>15% of Arizona still makes 17,100 square miles (27,360 km\u00b2) of privately owned land!\n</p><p>The rest of Arizona is taken up by state\/national parks, protected land, state trust land and space reserved for Native American reservations.\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>The Grand Canyon in Arizona is actually not the deepest in the world!\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-202658 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2020%5C/04%5C/arizona-canyon.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"The' grand canyon in arizona is not the deepest world width='\"728\"' height='\"420\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/arizona-canyon.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Here\u2019s a fact that we\u2019re sure will start some arguments wherever you share it.\n</p><p>Long has the Grand Canyon been publicized as the deepest canyon in the world, especially by overly proud patriots and residents of Arizona.\n</p><p>While the Grand Canyon is overwhelmingly deep, and mind shatteringly spectacular, it\u2019s just not deep enough.\n</p><p><a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/grand-canyon-facts%5C/%5C%22">The Grand Canyon reaches a depth of just over a mile, 6,093 ft (1,857 m) to be precise.\n<p>That being said, it seems that nobody can really agree on what exactly is the deepest canyon in the world, as everyone has slightly different criteria.\n</p><p>The most likely answer, though, is the Yarlung Zangbo canyon in Tibet, which is an incredible 19,715 ft (6,009 m) deep!\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>Arizona has more than just the Grand Canyon.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-202657 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2020%5C/04%5C/arizona-petrified-forest.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"The' petrified forest is just one of the many alternatives to grand canyon in arizona width='\"728\"' height='\"420\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/arizona-petrified-forest.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Most visitors to the state of Arizona flock to the Grand Canyon to marvel in its sheer size and beauty, but they often overlook the many other national parks and monuments the state has to offer.\n</p><p>The Grand Canyon is actually just one of 22 different national parks and monuments!\n</p><p>Some notable alternatives to the canyon are the petrified trees in the Petrified Forest National Park and the ruins of dwellings carved out into the sides a canyon at the Canyon de Chelly National Monument.\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>Arizona is more than deserts and mountains \u2013 it\u2019s 27% forest!\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-202656 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2020%5C/04%5C/arizona-forest.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"27%' of arizona is covered in forest land width='\"728\"' height='\"420\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/arizona-forest.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>When most people think of Arizona, they think mountains, plateaus, and various other forms of arid landscape.\n</p><p>One of the more surprising facts about Arizona\u2019s geology is that around 27% of its landscape is made up of forests!\n</p><p>To put that in perspective, <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/26-facts-about-france%5C/%5C%22">France has just 2% more forest with 29% of its land being forested.\n<h2 class='\"list\"'>Arizona doesn\u2019t observe daylight savings time.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-202655 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2020%5C/04%5C/arizona-daylight-saving.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Arizona' doesn observe daylight saving time width='\"728\"' height='\"420\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/arizona-daylight-saving.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>In fact, it\u2019s one of just two states that doesn\u2019t observe this, with the other being <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/interesting-hawaii-facts%5C/%5C%22">Hawaii.\n<p>Arizona legislators submitted a special request for an exemption, and were granted it. As a state, that is.\n</p><p>There is still one region of the state which follows <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/why-daylight-saving-time%5C/%5C%22">daylight saving time \u2013 the exception is within the Navajo Nation, the largest land area in the US which was kept by indigenous peoples.\n<h2 class='\"list\"'>Arizona is home to 13 different species of rattlesnakes!\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-202654 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2020%5C/04%5C/arizona-snake.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Arizona' is home top many poisonous snakes width='\"728\"' height='\"420\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/arizona-snake.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>If <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/snake-facts%5C/%5C%22">snakes aren\u2019t your thing, then I really wouldn\u2019t recommend a trip out to Arizona!\n<p>Here you can find the most venomous rattlesnake in the US (Mohave Rattlesnake), the biggest rattlesnake found in the west of the US (Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake), and even a rattlesnake with horns above its eyes (Sidewinder Rattlesnake).\n</p><p>The scariest part of all though isn\u2019t getting bitten, it\u2019s the cost of the anti-venom &ndash; Treatments can often exceed $20,000!\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>The very first McDonald\u2019s drive-through was created in Arizona.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-202653 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2020%5C/04%5C/arizona-mcdonalds-drivethru.jpg%5C%22" alt="\&quot;McDonald's" opened its first drive-thru in arizona width='\"728\"' height='\"420\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/arizona-mcdonalds-drivethru.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>You heard that right \u2013 there actually was a time when you had to get out of your car to dine on all that McDonald\u2019s has to offer!\n</p><p>Back in the fast-food dark ages this was the case, until one enterprising franchise owner in Sierra Vista had a brain wave in 1975.\n</p><p>It can\u2019t all be attributed to him though, as the reason behind his decision was connected to the nearby military base, Fort Huachuca.\n</p><p>At the time, soldiers stationed at the base were not allowed to appear in public in their uniform.\n</p><p>As a result they headed in and out of the base in their uniforms, and when they drove past <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/mcdonalds-history%5C/%5C%22">McDonald\u2019s they couldn\u2019t stop for a bite to eat.\n<p>And so it was that the world\u2019s first McDonald\u2019s drive-through opened on <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/day%5C/january-24%5C/%5C%22">January 24, 1975, much to the joy of local soldiers and civilians alike!\n<h2 class='\"list\"'>Cutting down a cactus in Arizona is a class-4 felony.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-202650 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2020%5C/04%5C/arizona-cacti.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Cutting' down certain cacti is a felony in arizona width='\"728\"' height='\"360\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/arizona-cacti.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Well, not any cactus. We\u2019re talking about the Saguaro cactus, one of the most iconic of the cactus species.\n</p><p>The Saguaro cactus is native to the Sonoran desert, Arizona, and can grow to a whopping 40ft (12m) tall!\n</p><p>These cacti can live over 150 years, but they grow incredibly slowly.\n</p><p>Arizona state law protects the Saguaro though, and harming them in any manner is illegal, with a possible prison sentence of 3 years!\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>Arizona has a monsoon season.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-244182 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2020%5C/05%5C/arizona-facts-monsoon.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Lightning' striking the ground during a monsoon in arizona. width='\"728\"' height='\"400\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/arizona-facts-monsoon.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Believe it or not, but this arid state is prone to heavy rains come the end of summer.\n</p><p>During the monsoon season it\u2019s common to experience <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/thunderstorm-causes%5C/%5C%22">thunderstorms, torrential rain, and even flash flooding!\n<p>Arizona locals are so frequently trying to cross swollen rivers and streams during flash floods that a \u201cstupid motorist law\u201d was passed.\n</p><p>This law states that anyone rescued while attempting a cross a barricaded section of flooded roadway has to pay the cost of their rescue.\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>Arizona\u2019s climate tends towards the extremes.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-202651 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2020%5C/04%5C/arizona-weather.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Arizona' experiences extreme changes in between seasons width='\"728\"' height='\"420\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/arizona-weather.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>When it comes to the weather, Arizona has it all.\n</p><p>The city of Phoenix, Arizona, holds the record for the most days in a year over 100\u00ba F (38\u00ba C).\n</p><p>Flagstaff, Arizona, holds the opposite end of the record though, in the lower 48 states at least, where it has the most days below freezing.\n</p><p>&nbsp;\n</p><p>As you can see, Arizona is more than just the state that holds the Grand Canyon.\n</p><p>It\u2019s so much more than that, and is constantly able to surprise you wherever your look.\n</p><p>Just make sure you watch your step and keep an eye out for rattlesnakes!\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><p>Arizona, home to the Grand Canyon, is the 48th State of America. With a population of 7.2 million people it is the 14th most populous state. 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