Chiapuk, Arizona

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Tohono O'odham Nation census division. The Survey maps it on the Copperosity Hills quadrangle.

Chiapuk within Pinal County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched 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 Vekol Mountains quadrangle1:62500
1942 USGS Vekol Mountains quadrangle1:62500
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 Vekol Mountains quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1967 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Copperosity Hills quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Gila Bend quadrangle1:100000
1982 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

2 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Chiapuk in 1992, burning about 46 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

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
2 July 1992	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15 acres	Papago Agency	CHUPPO
19 June 1992	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	31 acres	Papago Agency	VENTANA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pinal County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Chiapuk: 9 past producers, 5 producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Copperosity	Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Molybdenum, Silver	Past Producer
Copperosity Mine	Copper, Silver	Producer	1885, 1890, 1917
Great Eastern	Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Greenback	Copper, Gold, Vanadium, Zinc, Bismuth, Silica, Tellurium	Past Producer
Greenback Mine	Gold, Silver, Copper	Producer	1895, 1939, 1940
Hilltop Extension Claims	Copper, Silver, Silica	Occurrence	Replacement
Hilltop Extension Claims	Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Silica	Past Producer
Papago	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc	Past Producer
Papago Mine	Gold, Silver, Copper, Manganese	Producer	1902
Pomona Mine	Silver, Lead, Vanadium, Gold, Molybdenum, Zinc	Past Producer	Vein

Every working recorded in Pinal County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Sif Vaya	5.8 miles	16
Kohatk	7.5 miles	16
North Komelik	10.2 miles	17
Jackrabbit House	13.6 miles	17
Tat Momoli	14.2 miles	17
Vaiva Vo	16.7 miles	17
Shopishk	22.7 miles	19
Chuichu	23.9 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2806. 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.