Editing Heber-Overgaard, Arizona (section)

==Geography==
[[File:HeberOvergaardMap.png|thumb|right|U.S. Census (2010)]]

Heber-Overgaard is located in the southwestern United States, in the central-eastern portion of Arizona; about halfway between [[Payson, Arizona|Payson]] to the southwest and [[Show Low, Arizona|Show Low]] to the southeast. By car, the town is approximately 144 miles (231.74&nbsp;km) north of [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]], at the junction of [[Arizona State Route 260|SR 260]] and [[Arizona State Route 277|SR 277]]. It lies at a mean elevation of 6,627 feet (2,020 m),<ref name=GNIS /> in the [[Apache–Sitgreaves National Forest]]. The town is located in the [[White Mountains (Arizona)|White Mountains]] on the southern border of the [[Colorado Plateau]] and is surrounded by [[United States Forest Service|forest service]] land.

Other than Black Canyon and Buckskin Canyon in Heber, the topography of Heber-Overgaard ranges from rolling hills to flat meadows. Public roadways are maintained by "[[Navajo County, Arizona|Navajo County]] Public Works" with graded dirt roads making up the majority of outlying roads. [[Arizona State Route 260|SR 260]] and [[Arizona State Route 277|SR 277]] are maintained by [[Arizona Department of Transportation|ADOT]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|6.9|sqmi|km2}}, all  land. With a population of 2,822, the density rate is approximately 411 people per square mile.

===Nearest cities and towns===
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* [[Aripine, Arizona|Aripine]]
* [[Clay Springs, Arizona|Clay Springs]]
* [[Forest Lakes, Arizona|Forest Lakes]]
* [[Holbrook, Arizona|Holbrook]]
* [[Show Low, Arizona|Show Low]]
* [[Snowflake, Arizona|Snowflake]]
{{div col end}}

[[File:Heber Snow.JPG|thumb|April snow in Heber-Overgaard]]

===Climate===
Heber-Overgaard has an atypical version of a [[Mediterranean climate|warm-summer Mediterranean climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''Csb'') with a dry period in early summer followed by heavy monsoonal thunderstorms and rain from frontal cloudbands in the cooler months. Like more typical Mediterranean climates, however, forest fires tend to be extremely prevalent during dry summer periods.

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| location = Heber&ndash;Overgaard, Arizona (1991-2020 normals, extremes 1950–present)
| single line = Y
| collapsed = Yes
| Jan record high F = 72
| Feb record high F = 78
| Mar record high F = 78
| Apr record high F = 85
| May record high F = 91
| Jun record high F = 100
| Jul record high F = 100
| Aug record high F = 98
| Sep record high F = 94
| Oct record high F = 87
| Nov record high F = 78
| Dec record high F = 70
| year record high F = 
| Jan avg record high F = 58.7
| Feb avg record high F = 62.9
| Mar avg record high F = 69.5
| Apr avg record high F = 75.6
| May avg record high F = 82.7
| Jun avg record high F = 90.5
| Jul avg record high F = 91.2
| Aug avg record high F = 88.1
| Sep avg record high F = 84.7
| Oct avg record high F = 78.8
| Nov avg record high F = 69.4
| Dec avg record high F = 61.9
| year avg record high F = 92.4
| Jan high F = 45.6
| Feb high F = 49.6
| Mar high F = 56.5
| Apr high F = 63.6
| May high F = 71.0
| Jun high F = 81.7
| Jul high F = 83.0
| Aug high F = 80.5
| Sep high F = 75.5
| Oct high F = 66.9
| Nov high F = 55.3
| Dec high F = 45.6
| year high F = 64.6
| Jan mean F = 32.7
| Feb mean F = 36.2
| Mar mean F = 42.1
| Apr mean F = 47.8
| May mean F = 54.9
| Jun mean F = 64.8
| Jul mean F = 69.4
| Aug mean F = 67.6
| Sep mean F = 61.5
| Oct mean F = 51.5
| Nov mean F = 41.0
| Dec mean F = 32.7
| year mean F = 
| Jan low F = 19.9
| Feb low F = 22.9
| Mar low F = 27.7
| Apr low F = 32.0
| May low F = 38.9
| Jun low F = 47.9
| Jul low F = 55.8
| Aug low F = 54.8
| Sep low F = 47.5
| Oct low F = 36.1
| Nov low F = 26.7
| Dec low F = 19.9
| year low F = 
| Jan avg record low F = 2.8
| Feb avg record low F = 7.1
| Mar avg record low F = 13.5
| Apr avg record low F = 18.9
| May avg record low F = 26.4
| Jun avg record low F = 35.3
| Jul avg record low F = 46.6
| Aug avg record low F = 46.2
| Sep avg record low F = 33.5
| Oct avg record low F = 21.5
| Nov avg record low F = 11.1
| Dec avg record low F = 2.1
| year avg record low F = -1.5
| Jan record low F = -25
| Feb record low F = -18
| Mar record low F = -12
| Apr record low F = 3
| May record low F = 13
| Jun record low F = 21
| Jul record low F = 30
| Aug record low F = 30
| Sep record low F = 21
| Oct record low F = 9
| Nov record low F = -11
| Dec record low F = -22
| year record low F = 
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation inch = 1.74
| Feb precipitation inch = 1.65
| Mar precipitation inch = 1.41
| Apr precipitation inch = 0.67
| May precipitation inch = 0.63
| Jun precipitation inch = 0.45
| Jul precipitation inch = 2.67
| Aug precipitation inch = 2.98
| Sep precipitation inch = 1.84
| Oct precipitation inch = 1.22
| Nov precipitation inch = 1.24
| Dec precipitation inch = 1.87
| year precipitation inch = 
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| Jan precipitation days = 2.5
| Feb precipitation days = 3.1
| Mar precipitation days = 3.3
| Apr precipitation days = 1.9
| May precipitation days = 1.9
| Jun precipitation days = 2.2
| Jul precipitation days = 9.9
| Aug precipitation days = 9.2
| Sep precipitation days = 5.0
| Oct precipitation days = 3.1
| Nov precipitation days = 2.5
| Dec precipitation days = 3.3
| Jan snow inch = 7.1
| Feb snow inch = 6.4
| Mar snow inch = 1.9
| Apr snow inch = 0.5
| May snow inch = 0.1
| Jun snow inch = 0.0
| Jul snow inch = 0.0
| Aug snow inch = 0.0
| Sep snow inch = 0.0
| Oct snow inch = 0.4
| Nov snow inch = 0.9
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| Jan snow days = 2.4
| Feb snow days = 2.1
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| Jul snow days = 0.0
| Aug snow days = 0.0
| Sep snow days = 0.0
| Oct snow days = 0.1
| Nov snow days = 1
| Dec snow days = 1.1
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|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Heber (Black Mesa) RS, AZ
|access-date = December 30, 2022
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| source 2 = National Weather Service<ref name = NOWData>
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|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Flagstaff
|access-date = December 30, 2022
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===Flora and fauna===
[[File:Rocky Mountain Bull Elk.jpg|thumb|left|Bull Elk]]
[[File:Pinyon-juniper woodland, Arizona.jpg|thumb|right|Pinyon-juniper woodland west of Overgaard]]
While some of the native flora and fauna of the [[Apache–Sitgreaves National Forest]] can be found within town limits, most are found in the rural and the undeveloped forest areas surrounding Heber-Overgaard.

Native mammal species include [[Pronghorn|antelope]], [[Arizona gray squirrel]], [[North American beaver|beaver]], [[American black bear|black bear]], [[coyote]], [[deer mouse]], [[Sylvilagus audubonii|desert cottontail rabbit]], [[elk]], [[Botta's pocket gopher|gopher]], [[golden-mantled ground squirrel|ground squirrel]], [[gray fox]], [[western harvest mouse|harvest mouse]], [[American hog-nosed skunk|hog-nosed skunk]], [[black-tailed jackrabbit|jackrabbit]], [[collared peccary|javelina]], [[kit fox]], [[Mexican wolf]], [[mountain cottontail]], [[Cougar|mountain lion]], [[mule deer]], [[North American porcupine|porcupine]], [[North American raccoon|raccoon]], [[American red squirrel|red squirrel]], [[rock squirrel]], [[striped skunk]], [[white-footed mouse]], [[white-tailed deer]], and various bats.<ref name= inaturalist.org>{{cite web | url = https://www.inaturalist.org/places/1890 | title = Navajo County, US, AZ | year = 2018 | author = inaturalist.org }}</ref>

There are many species of native birds, including the [[acorn woodpecker]], [[American crow|crow]], [[bald eagle]], [[broad-tailed hummingbird]], [[cooper's hawk]], [[flammulated owl]], [[gambel's quail]], [[golden eagle]], [[greater roadrunner]], [[great horned owl]], [[hairy woodpecker]], [[hooded oriole]], [[pinon jay]], [[red-tailed hawk]], [[American kestrel|kestrel]], [[northern cardinal]], [[American robin|robin]], [[steller's jay]], [[common raven|raven]], [[turkey vulture]], [[wild turkey]], and [[western bluebird]] as well as a variety of songbirds.<ref name= wmonline.com2>{{cite web | url = http://www.wmonline.com/attract/birds/birds.htm | title = Birds of the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | year = 2011 | author = Unknown }}</ref><ref name= inaturalist.org />

The area is also home to a number of native reptile species including several types of [[venomous]] rattlesnakes ([[Crotalus cerberus|Arizona black rattlesnake]], [[Crotalus viridis|prairie rattlesnake]], and [[Crotalus molossus|western black-tailed rattlesnake]]); mildly venomous snakes ([[Thamnophis cyrtopsis|black-necked gartersnake]], [[Thamnophis rufipunctatus|narrowhead garter snake]] and [[western terrestrial garter snake]]); and non-venomous snakes [[California kingsnake]], [[glossy snake]], [[Pituophis catenifer|gopher snake]], [[long-nosed snake]], [[striped whipsnake]], and the [[ring-necked snake]]. Lizards include [[Crotaphytus collaris|eastern collared lizard]], [[greater short-horned lizard]], [[Urosaurus ornatus|ornate tree lizard]], [[Spiny lizard|plateau fence lizard]], [[sagebrush lizard]] and several types of [[Western whiptail|whiptails]]. Skinks include the [[Great Plains skink]] and the [[Plestiodon multivirgatus|many-lined skink]].<ref name= inaturalist.org />

Native amphibian species include the [[American bullfrog]], [[Arizona toad]], [[Hyla wrightorum|Arizona tree frog]], [[canyon tree frog]], [[chiricahua leopard frog]], [[Couch's spadefoot toad]], [[Great Plains toad]], [[Spea multiplicata|Mexican spadefoot]], [[northern leopard frog]], [[Plains spadefoot toad]], [[red-spotted toad]], [[western tiger salamander]] and the [[Woodhouse's toad]].<ref name= inaturalist.org />

The town and the surrounding areas are also home to a wide variety of native invertebrates including the [[Aphonopelma chalcodes|Arizona blond tarantula]], [[Latrodectus hesperus|black widow]], [[Lucanus mazama|cottonwood stag beetle]], [[Dynastes grantii|Grant's hercules beetle]], [[Schistocerca nitens|gray bird grasshopper]], [[Strymon melinus|gray hairstreak butterfly]], [[monarch butterfly]], [[Vanessa cardui|painted lady butterfly]], [[sonoran desert centipede]], [[tarantula hawk wasp]], [[ten-lined June beetle]], and [[wolf spider]] as well as a variety of [[moths]].<ref name= inaturalist.org />

Heber-Overgaard is located in the transition zone between [[Ponderosa shrub forest|montane conifer forest]] and [[pinyon-juniper woodland]]. Local flora include open forest dominated by [[Pinus ponderosa|ponderosa pine]] pines, pinyon pines ([[Pinus edulis|Colorado pinion]] and [[Pinus monophylla|single-leaf pinyon]]) and low, bushy, evergreen [[Juniperus|junipers]] ([[Juniperus deppeana|alligator juniper]], [[Juniperus californica|California juniper]], [[Juniperus grandis|sierra juniper]], and [[Juniperus osteosperma|Utah juniper]]). Other flora include the [[Cirsium arizonicum|Arizona thistle]], [[Commelina dianthifolia|birdbill dayflower]], [[Bouteloua gracilis|blue grama]], [[Heterotheca subaxillaris|camphorweed]], [[Silene laciniata|cardinal catchfly]], [[Mirabilis multiflora|Colorado four o'clock]], [[Desmanthus|Cooley's bundleflower]], [[Portulaca halimoides|desert portulaca]], [[Calliandra humilis|dwarf stickpea]], [[Rhus aromatica|fragrant sumac]], [[Bouteloua hirsuta|hairy grama]], [[Asclepias subverticillata|horsetail milkweed]], [[Yucca angustissima|narrowleaf yucca]], [[Geranium caespitosum|pinewoods geranium]], [[Houstonia wrightii|pygmy bluet]], [[Amauriopsis dissecta|ragleaf bahia]], [[Eriogonum|redroot buckwheat]], [[Bouteloua curtipendula|sideoats grama]], [[Cosmos parviflorus|southwestern cosmos]], [[Argemone pleiacantha|southwestern prickly poppy]], [[Opuntia polyacantha|starvation prickly-pear]], [[Senecio flaccidus|threadleaf groundsel]], [[Euphorbia serpyllifolia|thyme-leafed spurge]], [[Opuntia macrorhiza|twist spine prickly pear]], [[Ratibida columnifera|upright prairie coneflower]], [[Phacelia|virgate scorpionweed]], [[Escobaria vivipara|viviparous foxtail cactus]], [[Tradescantia occidentalis|western spiderwort]], [[Castilleja integra|wholeleaf Indian paintbrush]], [[Solanum jamesii|wild potato]], [[Eriogonum alatum|winged buckwheat]], [[Astragalus mollissimus|woolly locoweed]], and [[Castilleja linariifolia|Wyoming Indian paintbrush]].<ref name= inaturalist.org /> Local [[Poison|noxious]] and [[invasive weeds]] include [[morning-glory]], [[mullein]], [[oxeye daisy]], [[Jacobaea vulgaris|tansy ragwort]], [[Lepidium draba|whitetop]], and various [[thistles]].<ref name= fs.usda.gov>{{cite web | url = https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5310544.pdf | title = Field Guide to Noxious and Invasive Weeds | year = 2008 | author = USDA}}</ref>