BlockAli Ak Chin, Arizona
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Tohono O'odham Nation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85634. It stands on Siovi Shuatak Wash. The Survey maps it on the Menagers Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Sonoyta quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Diaz Peak quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Lukeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Menagers Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Lukeville quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Menagers Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Ali Ak Chin between 2002 and 2014, burning about 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 June 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Papago Agency | SHERM |
| 13 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Papago Agency | YARD |
| 7 May 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Papago Agency | MENAGER |
| 18 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Papago Agency | MANAGERS |
| 6 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | MANAGERS |
| 18 November 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Papago Agency | MENAGERS DAM |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Ali Ak Chin: 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Well | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ali Ak Chin in 1 storm report in 2018: 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2018 | Flash Flood | Ali Ak Chin | - | About 1.5 inches of rain fell between 330 pm and 500 pm causing flash flooding along the Ali Chuk Wash. This made Route 1 impassable for vehicles for about two hours. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ali Chuk | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Pia Oik | 6.1 miles | 8 | |
| Siovi Shuatak | 7.1 miles | 8 | |
| Sweetwater | 7.5 miles | 8 | |
| Shaotkam | 9.2 miles | 8 | |
| Kom Vo | 12.3 miles | 8 | |
| Papago Farms | 13.3 miles | 8 | |
| Stan Shuatuk | 13.4 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24298. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.