Ali Chukson, Arizona
17 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. It stands on Ali Chukson. The Survey maps it on the Sells East quadrangle. 113 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,579 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAli Chukson fell from 132 to 113 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 | 132 | |
| 2020 | 113 | -19 (-14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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 Sells quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Fresnal quadrangle1:125000
- 1943 USGS Sells quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Sells East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Sells quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Sells East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
131 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Ali Chukson between 1992 and 2016, burning about 97 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 5 were 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 | 64 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | ARTESIA |
| 16 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Papago Agency | ARTESIA |
| 12 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | TOPD WASH |
| 9 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Papago Agency | VAMORI FIRE |
| 7 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Papago Agency | LITTLE TUCSON |
| 6 August 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Papago Agency | SELLS08 |
| 30 August 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Papago Agency | SELLS10 |
| 3 August 2003 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | FIELDS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Ali Chukson: 4 occurrences, 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal, Gold, Copper, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aguinaldo Extension | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Cinderra Gravity Mill | Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Jaeger Group Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | 1928, 1932, 1943 | |
| Lucido Claim Group | Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Cababi Placers | Gold | Producer | Placer | |
| Unknown | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ali Chukson in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ali Chukson | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged two homes in Ali Chukson. One home had major roof and wall damage. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ali Chukson | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused minor damage to a house in Little Tucson on the Tohono O'odham Nation. |
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | Ali Chukson | - | A swift water rescue occurred at a wash in Sells where two people needed to be rescued. |
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | Ali Chukson | - | A person was stuck in a vehicle at a wash on Highway 19 south of Sells. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chukson | 0.1 miles | 17 | |
| Ali Molina | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Chiawuli Tak | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Artesa | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Sells | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Topawa | 7.0 miles | 16 | |
| Gu Chuapo | 7.3 miles | 16 | |
| Haivana Nakya | 7.9 miles | 19 |
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 Chukson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28387 | 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 25234. 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.








