BlockAk Chut Vaya, Arizona
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Tohono O'odham Nation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85634. The Survey maps it on the South Komelik quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1941 USGS Vamori quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Fresnal quadrangle1:125000
- 1943 USGS Vamori quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS South Komelik quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Sells quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS South Komelik quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Ak Chut Vaya between 1993 and 2013, burning about 461 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Papago Agency | CHOULIC |
| 21 May 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Papago Agency | CENTRAL |
| 20 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Papago Agency | HAIVAN |
| 26 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | 21 acres | Papago Agency | CHOULIC |
| 21 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Papago Agency | CHOULIC |
| 2 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Papago Agency | SAN MIGUEL |
| 20 March 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 400 acres | Papago Agency | CHOULIL FIRE |
| 26 February 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Papago Agency | BLAINE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Ak Chut Vaya: 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal, Tungsten. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Miguel | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Choulic | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Haivan Vaya | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Hashan Chuchg | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| San Agustin | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Utevak | 5.9 miles | 16 | |
| South Komelik | 6.6 miles | 16 | |
| Newfield | 7.0 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24296. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.