BlockCharco, Arizona
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Tohono O'odham Nation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85321. The Survey maps it on the Gakolik Mountains quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 14 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.
- 1953 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Sikort Chuapo Mts quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1990 USGS Gakolik Mountains quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Gakolik Mountains quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Charco between 1996 and 2015, burning about 78 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | Phoenix District Office | REPEAT |
| 8 June 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | TANKS |
| 3 June 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Papago Agency | JACOB FIRE |
| 19 May 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Papago Agency | WOLF |
| 20 April 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Papago Agency | HWY 86 MP 61 |
| 15 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Papago Agency | HWY86 MP63 |
| 15 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Papago Agency | HWY86 MP62 |
| 28 March 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | BORDER PATROL FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hotason Vo | 0.3 miles | 14 | |
| Hoa Murk | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Schuchuli | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Sikort Chuapo | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Why | 7.2 miles | 14 | |
| Kuakatch | 8.4 miles | 14 | |
| Hickiwan | 10.7 miles | 13 | |
| Tatai Toak | 11.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24359. 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.