Gu Oidak, Arizona
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 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 Gu Oidak quadrangle. 126 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,051 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresGu Oidak fell from 188 to 126 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 188 | |
| 2020 | 126 | -62 (-33%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Sonoyta quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Gu Oidak quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Lukeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Gu Oidak quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Lukeville quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Gu Oidak quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
13 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Gu Oidak between 2000 and 2020, burning about 25 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 June 2014 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Papago Agency | BIG FIELD |
| 15 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Papago Agency | BIG FIELDS |
| 8 May 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Papago Agency | BIG FIELDS |
| 17 May 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | CAMP |
| 14 May 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Papago Agency | CORRAL |
| 1 May 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Papago Agency | CAMP FIRE |
| 17 February 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | KING |
| 14 February 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Papago Agency | ALARM |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Gu Oidak: 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gu Oidak in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gu Oidak | $100,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged homes and downed power lines from Big Fields to Covered Wells on the Tohono O'odham Nation. Four homes incurred roof damage and one power pole was downed in Big Field. Three power poles were also downed in Covered Wells along Highway 86 which resulted in power outages. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chuwut Murk | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| Kaihon Kug | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Kui Tatk | 8.3 miles | 14 | |
| Cowlic | 8.3 miles | 17 | |
| Wickchoupai | 8.6 miles | 18 | |
| Sells | 8.6 miles | 17 | |
| Vainom Kug | 8.7 miles | 14 | |
| Kupk | 9.0 miles | 8 |
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 Gu Oidak | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28384 | 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 5410. 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.





