Alpine is an unincorporated community in Apache County, Arizona, United States, in Bush Valley in the east central part of the state. Alpine was settled in 1876 by Anderson Bush who built a log house originally known as "Fort Bush". Bush sold his holdings in 1879 to William Maxwell and Fred Hamblin, Mormon settlers who established the town as a Mormon community.[1] Alpine is located at an elevation of 8,050 ft (2450m) in the eastern end of the White Mountains and surrounded by the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest. Alpine is a popular destination for hunting, fishing, and camping. Alpine is near the headwaters of the San Francisco River and six miles from the New Mexico border. As of 1960, it was the highest place in place in the United States where farming was successfully occurring.[1]
The Alpine post office has the ZIP code of 85920;[2] the ZCTA for ZIP Code 85920 had a population of 256 at the 2000 census.[3]
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Alpine has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) influence by its very high altitude and the North American Monsoon, which brings frequent thunder showers during the summer. Although temperatures are generally comfortable during the daytime, the sun is very intense and at night frosts have occurred even in summer and are an almost daily occurrence from October to May. Snowfall is less heavy than further west on the Mogollon Rim since Pacific moisture rarely reaches so far east.
| Climate data for Alpine, AZ | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 72 (22) |
72 (22) |
74 (23) |
79 (26) |
92 (33) |
94 (34) |
94 (34) |
88 (31) |
87 (31) |
86 (30) |
77 (25) |
72 (22) |
94 (34) |
| Average high °F (°C) | 44.8 (7.1) |
47.6 (8.7) |
52.3 (11.3) |
59.7 (15.4) |
67.6 (19.8) |
77.5 (25.3) |
78.4 (25.8) |
75.3 (24.1) |
71.2 (21.8) |
62.6 (17.0) |
52.6 (11.4) |
46.2 (7.9) |
61.3 (16.3) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 29.1 (−1.6) |
32.2 (0.1) |
36.6 (2.6) |
42.1 (5.6) |
48.7 (9.3) |
57.0 (13.9) |
61.6 (16.4) |
59.6 (15.3) |
54.3 (12.4) |
45.3 (7.4) |
36.2 (2.3) |
30.2 (−1.0) |
44.4 (6.9) |
| Average low °F (°C) | 13.4 (−10.3) |
16.7 (−8.5) |
20.8 (−6.2) |
24.4 (−4.2) |
29.7 (−1.3) |
36.5 (2.5) |
44.7 (7.1) |
43.9 (6.6) |
37.4 (3.0) |
27.9 (−2.3) |
19.7 (−6.8) |
14.2 (−9.9) |
27.4 (−2.6) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −32 (−36) |
−28 (−33) |
−25 (−32) |
−6 (−21) |
8 (−13) |
13 (−11) |
27 (−3) |
29 (−2) |
17 (−8) |
−1 (−18) |
−18 (−28) |
−28 (−33) |
−32 (−36) |
| Precipitation inches (mm) | 1.35 (34.3) |
1.29 (32.8) |
1.30 (33) |
0.63 (16) |
0.75 (19.1) |
0.86 (21.8) |
3.43 (87.1) |
4.47 (113.5) |
2.41 (61.2) |
2.38 (60.5) |
1.44 (36.6) |
1.35 (34.3) |
21.66 (550.2) |
| Snowfall inches (cm) | 7.4 (18.8) |
6.8 (17.3) |
5.8 (14.7) |
1.4 (3.6) |
0.2 (0.5) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
1.4 (3.6) |
4.0 (10.2) |
5.8 (14.7) |
32.8 (83.3) |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.01 inch) | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.7 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 16.5 | 17.4 | 9.7 | 6.8 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 94 |
| Avg. snowy days (≥ 0.1 inch) | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 11.6 |
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The U.S. Postal Service operates the Alpine Post Office on U.S. Route 191.[5]
The Alpine Elementary School District, operating Alpine Elementary School, serves Alpine.[6]
The Apache County Library District operates the Alpine Public Library.[7]
Coordinates: 33°50′53″N 109°08′35″W / 33.84806°N 109.14306°W
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