Ali Chuk, 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 lies near Cerrito de la Angostura. The Survey maps it on the Menagers Lake quadrangle. 119 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,762 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAli Chuk fell from 161 to 119 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 161 | |
| 2020 | 119 | -42 (-26%) |
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
4 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Ali Chuk between 2002 and 2014, burning about 6 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 | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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:
Storms near this place
5 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ali Chuk in 5 storm reports between 2012 and 2019: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2018 | Flood | Ali Chuk | $3,000,000 | Widespread heavy rain of 2 to 4 inches with isolated amounts of 5 to 8 inches fell mainly from the evening of October 1st through the morning hours of October 2nd. Runoff from this rainfall continued through the night of the 2nd, with the peak flows generally during the afternoon. Several roads, including Indian Routes 1, 15, 21, 23, 34, and 45, as well as sections of Highway 86 became, or continued to be, impassable on the Tohono O'odham Nation. Several of these roads sustained significant damage. Homes that were flooded earlier in the morning from flash flooding remained flooded or saw water levels rise. Additional homes were flooded by continued runoff during the afternoon. At least 50 homes were flooded in the following districts: Gu Vo (11); Pisinemo (17); Sif Oidak (20); and Hickiwan (2). Several dozen residents were evacuated from their homes. At least 20 earthen dams and levees were damaged along with the tribal water and utility system infrastructure. Runoff nearly filled Menagers Lake, prompting fears of a dam failure and the evacuation of the village of Ali Chugk. |
| October 2018 | Flash Flood | Ali Chuk | $250,000 | Widespread heavy rain of 2 to 4 inches with isolated amounts of 5 to 8 inches from 9 pm October 1st to 6 am October 2nd resulted in flash flooding, especially in the Gu Vo and Pisinemo Districts. Indian Route 1 flooded between Pio Oik and Ali Chugk (Menagers) and homes were flooded in Ali Chugk. Highway 86 was impassable between MP 80 and 90. Indian Route 21 became flooded and impassable from just north of Pisinemo southward and flood waters topped the Vamori Wash bridge near Santa Cruz (Kom Vo). |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ali Chuk | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged three homes and a cellular tower near Menager's Dam. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ali Chuk | $3,000 | Two power poles were downed in Ali Chugk. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ali Chuk | - | A large mesquite tree was downed near Ali Chugk. Power was out to the village for several 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 Ak Chin | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Shaotkam | 8.4 miles | 8 | |
| Pia Oik | 9.1 miles | 8 | |
| Siovi Shuatak | 9.6 miles | 8 | |
| Sweetwater | 10.2 miles | 8 | |
| Papago Farms | 13.3 miles | 8 | |
| Stan Shuatuk | 13.6 miles | 8 | |
| Lukeville | 14.5 miles | 8 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Ali Chuk | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28381 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 581. 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.
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.





