Below are some general facts and statistics about Fountain Hills that were compiled by various sources including the Town's 1993 General Plan and the Chamber of Commerce. These documents are on file at Town Hall.

Founding Birthdate - Dec. 15, 1970
Incorporated - Dec. 5, 1989
Town Land Size - 11,692 acres
Miles of streets - 175 miles
Developed land - 5,363 acres
Undeveloped land - 6,329 acres
Undevelopable land - 4,394 acres

Population (1980) - 2,772
Population (1990) - 10,030
Population (1995) - 13,745
Population (1996) - 16,051 (est.)
Population (2000) - 16,051 (est.) 19,573 (est.)
Winter Population (2000) - 23,487 (est.)
Population est. at buildout - 28,500

Terrain - 1,525 to 3,160 above sea level - 500 feet higher than Phoenix

McDowell Mtns. - 3,160 feet in Fountain Hills
Thompson Peak (Scottsdale) - 3,892 feet
McDowell Peak (Scottsdale) - 4,034 feet (highest peak to the west)

Four Peaks - 7,694 feet
Mount McDowell (Red Rock) - 2,830 feet
FH elevations - 1,520 feet at the Fountain - 2,240 feet on Cerro Alto

Amount of water pipelines -163 miles

Average July high temperature - 105 degrees
Average January temperature - 66 degrees
Average daily high for a year - 86 degrees
Average daily low for a year - 53 degrees

Approximate school enrollment - 2,500 students (As of May, 2000)

Average water usage - 11,000 gallons/month/family
Water storage capacity - 10,550,000 gallons

Average annual
growth rate (1980-1990) - 13.7 percent

1993-94 total tax rate - $14.16 per $100 assessed valuation
1994-95 tax rate - $14.82 per $100 AV
1995-96 tax rate - $14.99 per $100 AV
1996-97 tax rate - $14.19 per $100 AV
1997-98 tax rate - $13.94 per $100 AV
1998-99 tax rate - $13.88 per $100 AV
1999-2000 tax rate - $11.86 per $100 AV

Total assessed valuation (per Maricopa County Assessor)
1999 primary - $162,823,972
1999 secondary - $176,742,406

Volumes in FH Library - Approx. 47,000

Registered voters
(May, 2000) - 10,596

Residential units
(December, 1990) - 5,231
(April, 2000) - 10,917

Single-family homes
(April, 2000) - 7,083 (65 percent)

Multifamily units
(April, 2000) - 3,834 (35 percent)

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