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Comobabi, Arizona

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Tohono O'odham Nation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85634. The Survey maps it on the Comobabi quadrangle.

Comobabi within Pima County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 19 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

15 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Comobabi between 1992 and 2009, burning about 16 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined6
Debris and open burning4
Natural2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
5 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeSCHOOL HOUSE
17 July 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePapago AgencyTANKER
14 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeEASTBOUND
20 June 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeRED
17 June 2008Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresPapago AgencySCHUCK TOAK FIRE
7 May 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePapago AgencyPABLO
6 May 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeHEADSTONE
2 April 2009Debris and open burning5.5 acresPapago AgencyCOMO FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pima County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Comobabi: 10 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Copper, Silver, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
SunsetCopper, Gold, SilverPast Producer
WatsonCopper, Gold, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Cantivo Claim 21Gold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Silver Giant MineSilver, CopperPast Producer
Cobreza and Fernandez MinesCopper, SilverPast Producer
Columbia Mine GroupCopper, Silver, GoldProducer1907
Jaeger MineGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Red Wing MineGold, SilverProducer1933, 1934
RedwingGold, SilverPast Producer
Badger MineGold, SilverProducerUnderground

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
Ko Vaya5.2 miles18
Haivana Nakya5.8 miles19
Santa Cruz5.9 miles18
Rincon6.4 miles18
Wickchoupai7.5 miles18
Schuchk7.6 miles19
Santa Lucia7.9 miles18
Nolic8.2 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 3146. 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.