Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Morenci, AZ

Morenci is a census-designated place (CDP) and company town in central Greenlee County, Arizona, on the northeastern border of Clifton, the county seat.

The town was founded by the Detroit Copper Mining Company of Arizona to support its copper mining operations.

Morenci is owned by Freeport-McMoRan, operator of the Morenci Mine, the largest copper mining operation in North America and one of the largest copper mines in the world.

All of the homes in Morenci, new and old, remain owned by Freeport-McMoRan, and the economy of Morenci and the surrounding area depends almost completely on the mine.

Morenci was a central site of the Arizona Copper Mine Strike of 1983, a landmark labor dispute at the mine, which was then owned by Phelps Dodge until Freeport-McMoRan acquired that company in 2007.

The 2020 census counted 2,028 residents in Morenci, up from 1,489 in 2010 as mine employment rebounded.

The 2020 census recorded 799 households and 953 housing units in the CDP.

Morenci is a young working community: at the 2020 census its median age was 30.0 years, only 3.2% of residents were 65 or older, and 45.0% of residents were Hispanic or Latino.

The CDP covers less than one square mile at an elevation of about 4,157 feet, with a 2020 population density of more than 2,200 people per square mile.

U.S. Route 191, the Coronado Trail, passes through the northern part of Morenci, leading downhill east into Clifton and north through the Apache National Forest toward Eagar.