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Sasabe, Arizona
Sasabe, Arizona is located in Arizona
Sasabe, Arizona
Sasabe, Arizona
Location in Arizona
Sasabe, Arizona is located in the United States
Sasabe, Arizona
Sasabe, Arizona
Location in the United States
Country United States
State Arizona
County Pima
Elevation
3,537 ft (1,078 m)
Time zone UTC-7 (MST (no DST))
Area code(s) 520
FIPS code 04-64520
GNIS feature ID 10961


Sasabe (O'odham: Ṣaṣawk) is a small hamlet in the Altar Valley of southern Pima County, Arizona, United States, immediately north of the international border with Mexico. It hosts a minor border crossing, an adobe sales outlet, a public school, a guest ranch, a general store with fuel pumps, a weekend bar, and a post office serving the ZIP Code of 85633. In 2010, the population of the 85633 ZCTA, including Sasabe, was 54.

History

The name Sasabe is derived from the Native American language of the Tohono O'odham (formerly Papago) meaning "head valley". The post office was established at Sasabe in 1905.

Sasabe is best known for its historic Rancho de la Osa guest ranch, formerly the headquarters of a three million acre (12,000 km2) Spanish land grant. Some ranch buildings reportedly date to the late 17th century. The guest ranch opened in 1921. Guests have included Presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson.

On average, 165 cars, trucks, or pedestrians per day passed through the Sasabe Port of Entry in 2011. Sasabe, Arizona is smaller than its sister community, El Sásabe, Sonora, which is known for its burnt-adobe brickyards.

In the 2018–2019 school year, the local school served 28 children in grades K-8.

Geography

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Church in Sasabe
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Gila Monster, Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge

Sasabe is seated on an arid, gently rolling sand-plain relieved only by scatter shrub trees and grass hummocks. Much of the area north and east of Sasabe is within the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge. In 2006, 3,500 acres (14 km2) of the refuge that border Mexico east of Sasabe were closed to public entry due to problems with smugglers and unauthorized border crossings.

Climate

Sasabe has a semi-arid climate (Köppen: BSh) with mild winters and very hot summers.

Climate data for Sasabe, Arizona, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1959–present
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 85
(29)
91
(33)
92
(33)
100
(38)
104
(40)
113
(45)
111
(44)
109
(43)
105
(41)
102
(39)
93
(34)
84
(29)
113
(45)
Mean maximum °F (°C) 77.7
(25.4)
79.5
(26.4)
84.6
(29.2)
91.1
(32.8)
97.5
(36.4)
105.2
(40.7)
105.1
(40.6)
102.0
(38.9)
98.8
(37.1)
94.4
(34.7)
85.2
(29.6)
78.3
(25.7)
106.8
(41.6)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 65.9
(18.8)
67.1
(19.5)
72.7
(22.6)
79.7
(26.5)
87.8
(31.0)
97.0
(36.1)
96.4
(35.8)
94.0
(34.4)
91.5
(33.1)
84.0
(28.9)
74.2
(23.4)
65.2
(18.4)
81.3
(27.4)
Daily mean °F (°C) 50.6
(10.3)
51.9
(11.1)
56.6
(13.7)
62.0
(16.7)
69.2
(20.7)
78.7
(25.9)
81.5
(27.5)
79.9
(26.6)
76.1
(24.5)
67.3
(19.6)
57.8
(14.3)
50.0
(10.0)
65.1
(18.4)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 35.4
(1.9)
36.8
(2.7)
40.6
(4.8)
44.3
(6.8)
50.6
(10.3)
60.4
(15.8)
66.7
(19.3)
65.7
(18.7)
60.8
(16.0)
50.6
(10.3)
41.3
(5.2)
34.7
(1.5)
49.0
(9.4)
Mean minimum °F (°C) 25.6
(−3.6)
26.9
(−2.8)
30.9
(−0.6)
34.4
(1.3)
40.8
(4.9)
49.6
(9.8)
59.9
(15.5)
60.3
(15.7)
51.9
(11.1)
39.6
(4.2)
30.0
(−1.1)
24.9
(−3.9)
22.5
(−5.3)
Record low °F (°C) 14
(−10)
12
(−11)
13
(−11)
25
(−4)
32
(0)
39
(4)
51
(11)
49
(9)
40
(4)
27
(−3)
22
(−6)
14
(−10)
12
(−11)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 0.91
(23)
1.16
(29)
0.96
(24)
0.46
(12)
0.15
(3.8)
0.35
(8.9)
2.77
(70)
3.20
(81)
1.62
(41)
0.50
(13)
0.72
(18)
1.44
(37)
14.24
(362)
Average snowfall inches (cm) 0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.6
(1.5)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.6
(1.5)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 inch) 2.5 2.9 2.4 1.2 0.5 1.1 7.7 8.5 4.4 1.6 1.5 2.9 37.2
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 inch) 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
Source: NOAA

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