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Gu Chuapo, Arizona

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Tohono O'odham Nation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85634. It lies near Ali Molina Canyon. The Survey maps it on the San Juan Spring quadrangle.

Gu Chuapo within Pima County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

16 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Gu Chuapo between 1993 and 2016, burning about 6,553 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 burning3
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Firearms and explosives 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
7 July 2007Natural5,900 acresGila District OfficeALAMBRE
22 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePapago AgencyHWY86123
3 June 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined225 acresPapago AgencyFRESNAL FIRE
23 June 2016Firearms and explosives use3.0 acresPapago AgencySAN JUAN 1
23 June 2016Debris and open burning2.8 acresPapago AgencySAN JUAN 2
23 June 2016Debris and open burning1.2 acresPapago AgencySAN JUAN 3
29 May 2006Natural22 acresPapago AgencyTRADING POST
14 May 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresPapago AgencyFRESNALCYN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pima County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 50 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 50 workings within 5 miles of Gu Chuapo: 42 past producers, 3 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Tungsten, Gold, Silver, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Big Banana MineTungsten, Copper, Molybdenum, Fluorine-FluoriteProducer1954
Big Banana MineTungsten, Copper, Molybdenum, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer
CautivoSilver, Copper, GoldPast Producer
EsperanzaGold, Silver, Copper, LeadPast Producer
Independence GroupTungsten, Gold, Silver, Copper, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1953
Independence GroupTungsten, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, SilverProspect
Juanita No 10UraniumProspect
Mina ClaimSilver, GoldPast Producer
OrndenSilver, Copper, GoldPast Producer
Black Dragon GroupManganesePast Producer1952, 1953

Every working recorded in Pima County

Storms near this place

1 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gu Chuapo in 1 storm report in 2022: 1 debris flow. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2022Debris FlowGu Chuapo$5,000Nearly 2 inches of rain in less than 2 hours over the Contreras burn scar caused a 1-2 ft debris flow across State Highway 386 to Kitt Peak.

Every storm 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
Chiuli Shaik4.6 miles16
Pitoikam5.8 miles16
Ali Molina5.8 miles17
Kahachi Miliuk6.6 miles16
Chiawuli Tak6.8 miles17
Chukson7.1 miles17
Ali Chukson7.3 miles17
Uhs Kug7.7 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24443. 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.