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Chukson, 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 lies near Ali Chukson. The Survey maps it on the Sells East quadrangle.

Chukson within Pima County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

115 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Chukson between 1992 and 2016, burning about 87 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 were 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/undetermined54
Misuse of fire by a minor23
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony6
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking3
Natural3
Other causes2

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
29 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresPapago AgencyARTESIA
16 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acrePapago AgencyARTESIA
7 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePapago AgencyLITTLE TUCSON
6 August 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acrePapago AgencySELLS08
30 August 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePapago AgencySELLS10
3 August 2003Smoking1.0 acresPapago AgencyFIELDS
29 August 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresPapago AgencyARTESIA FIRE
23 August 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePapago AgencySELLS09

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pima County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Chukson: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal, Gold, Gold, Silver, Copper. 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
Aguinaldo ExtensionCopper, SilverPast Producer
Cababi PlacersGoldProducerPlacer
Cinderra Gravity MillTungstenPast Producer
Lucido Claim GroupGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
UnknownGeothermalOccurrence
UnknownGeothermalOccurrence

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
Ali Chukson0.1 miles17
Ali Molina1.5 miles17
Chiawuli Tak1.8 miles17
Artesa3.1 miles17
Sells4.5 miles17
Topawa7.0 miles16
Gu Chuapo7.1 miles16
Haivana Nakya7.8 miles19

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.

Wikidata item Q122542442The 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 2911. 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.