Chuichu, Arizona
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Tohono O'odham Nation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85193. The Survey maps it on the Chuichu quadrangle. 240 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,460 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresChuichu fell from 339 to 240 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 339 | |
| 2010 | 269 | -70 (-21%) |
| 2020 | 240 | -29 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1922 USGS Casa Grande quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1924 USGS Casa Grande quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Chuichu quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Chuichu quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Casa Grande quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
76 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Chuichu between 1992 and 2017, burning about 9,418 acres in total. 1 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 | 47 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 9 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Papago Agency | CHUICHU06 |
| 7 July 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Papago Agency | SILVERREEF |
| 4 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Papago Agency | CHUCHU10 |
| 29 July 2003 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | RUBISH |
| 23 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 23 July 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.9 acres | Papago Agency | CHUICHU#7 |
| 2 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 acres | Papago Agency | CHUICHU05 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Chuichu: 10 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Silver, Copper, Lead, Silica, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Standard | Copper, Silica, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Copper Standard Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold | Producer | 1895, 1965 | |
| Old Jonah | Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Old Jonah Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold | Producer | 1895, 1935, 1939 | |
| Sandpit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Silver Reef | Lead, Silica, Silver, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Nugget | Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Black Chief | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Black Jewel Claim | Manganese | Past Producer | 1955 | |
| Black Prince No. 1 Claim | Manganese | Past Producer | 1954 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shopishk | 2.1 miles | 19 | |
| Arizona City | 6.0 miles | 20 | |
| Arizola | 7.8 miles | 20 | |
| Vaiva Vo | 8.0 miles | 17 | |
| Casa Grande | 8.9 miles | 18 | |
| Toltec | 9.3 miles | 19 | |
| Tat Momoli | 11.5 miles | 17 | |
| Jackrabbit House | 11.8 miles | 17 |
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 Chuichu | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2149021 | 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 2910. 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.









