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Chico Shunie, Arizona

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Ajo census division. The Survey maps it on the Chico Shunie quadrangle. It stands 1,752 feet above sea level.

Chico Shunie within Pima County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 17 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.

Fires near this place

7 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Chico Shunie between 1995 and 2014, burning about 42 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/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
1 August 1995Equipment and vehicle use40 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
1 June 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresPhoenix District OfficeAJO
1 June 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCabeza Prieta National Wildlife RefugeADOBE 3
1 June 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCabeza Prieta National Wildlife RefugeADOBE 2
1 June 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCabeza Prieta National Wildlife RefugeADOBE 1
29 March 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCabeza Prieta National Wildlife RefugeLITTLE TULE
18 February 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCabeza Prieta National Wildlife RefugeCHICO SHUNIE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pima County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Chico Shunie: 6 occurrences, 5 past producers, 4 producers, 2 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Silica, Feldspar, Mica, Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cardigan MineCopper, Silver, GoldProducer
Cardigan MineSilver, GoldPast Producer
Copper Giant ProspectsCopper, IronOccurrenceChrysocolla, Malachite, Specularite
Copper Valley ClaimsCopper, SilicaPast Producer
Mica MineSilica, QuartzPast ProducerQuartz
New Cornelia AjoCopper, Zinc, Silver, Molybdenum, Gold, Semiprecious Gemstone, Iron, Niobium (Columbium), Titanium, RubidiumPast Producer1750, 1917, 1985
Old Hickles PropertyCopper, Silica, Gold, SilverOccurrence
Old Hickles PropertyCopper, Silver, Gold, SilicaOccurrence
Alfred GroupCopper, Gold, SilverUnknown
Copper Valley ClaimsCopper, Gold, Silver, SilicaOccurrenceQuartz

Every working recorded in Pima 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Mexican Town5.2 miles17
Gibson5.3 miles17
Ajo5.5 miles17
Rowood6.0 miles17
Childs10.2 miles17
Why11.8 miles14
Sikort Chuapo14.6 miles14
Hoa Murk15.2 miles14

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 Chico ShunieAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28189957The 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 24363. 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.