Gu Vo, Arizona
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 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 Tonoka Valley. The Survey maps it on the Gu Vo quadrangle. It stands 2,146 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 14 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.
- 1953 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Mt. Ajo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1990 USGS Gu Vo quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Gu Vo quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Gu Vo between 1995 and 2010, burning about 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 July 2005 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | ANTONE |
| 30 June 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Papago Agency | KERWO02 |
| 21 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Papago Agency | GUVO |
| 14 June 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | KERWOVILLA |
| 16 May 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Papago Agency | GUVO |
| 8 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | DUMP |
| 10 March 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | CHAIR |
| 12 January 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Papago Agency | MEXICAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Gu Vo: 1 occurrence. 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Geothermal | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gu Vo in 2 storm reports between 2001 and 2008: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gu Vo | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Heavy Rain | Gu Vo | $5,000 | Heavy rainfall in the Gu Vo area resulted in the roof damage. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweetwater | 7.3 miles | 8 | |
| Kuakatch | 7.3 miles | 14 | |
| Siovi Shuatak | 8.2 miles | 8 | |
| Pia Oik | 8.3 miles | 8 | |
| Stotonyak | 11.9 miles | 14 | |
| Tatk Kam Vo | 12.6 miles | 8 | |
| Ahan Owuch | 12.7 miles | 14 | |
| Hotason Vo | 12.7 miles | 14 |
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 Vo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28222047 | 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 5412. 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.










