Chiawuli Tak, 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 San Juan Wash. The Survey maps it on the Sells East quadrangle. 48 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,634 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresChiawuli Tak fell from 78 to 48 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 | 78 | |
| 2020 | 48 | -30 (-38%) |
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
58 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Chiawuli Tak between 1992 and 2016, burning about 74 acres in total. 2 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 | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Papago Agency | LITTLE TUCSON |
| 11 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Papago Agency | HWY 86 MP 118 |
| 29 July 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Papago Agency | SELLS05 |
| 22 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Papago Agency | ROAD FIRE |
| 22 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Papago Agency | TAK |
| 22 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Papago Agency | HWY86123 |
| 6 June 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | PEAK FIRE |
| 30 June 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Papago Agency | MILEPOST 123 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Chiawuli Tak: 8 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Copper, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cinderra Gravity Mill | Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| High Card Mine | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Molybdenum | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Jaeger Group Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | 1928, 1932, 1943 | |
| Aguinaldo Extension | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| High Card Mine | Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Jaeger Mine | Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Lucido Claim Group | Gold, Silver, Copper | Producer | 1938, 1948 | |
| Lucido Claim Group | Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Cababi Placers | Gold | Producer | Placer | |
| Badger Mine | Gold, Silver | Producer | Underground |
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chiawuli Tak in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chiawuli Tak | 2 hurt, $15,000 | A roof was partially blown off a house east of Sells. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chiawuli Tak | $40,000 | Thunderstorm winds broke a window in Fresnal, downed tree branch that fell onto Highway 86 between mile posts 136 and 137, then caused roof damage to one house in Sells and three houses in Big Fields. |
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 | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Ali Chukson | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Ali Molina | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Artesa | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Sells | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Haivana Nakya | 6.1 miles | 19 | |
| Gu Chuapo | 6.8 miles | 16 | |
| Comobabi | 8.5 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 Chiawuli Tak | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28388 | 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 24362. 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.








