Haivana Nakya, 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. It stands on Pavo Kug Wash. The Survey maps it on the Haivana Nakya quadrangle. 72 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,854 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHaivana Nakya fell from 96 to 72 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 | 96 | |
| 2020 | 72 | -24 (-25%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 19 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.
- 1934 USGS Silver Bell quadrangle1:125000
- 1938 USGS San Vicente quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS San Vicente quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS San Vicente quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS San Vicente quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Haivana Nakya quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Silver Bell Mountains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Haivana Nakya quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
58 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Haivana Nakya between 1992 and 2016, burning about 71 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/undetermined | 35 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | KNEE |
| 5 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Papago Agency | DRAINFIRE |
| 9 July 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Papago Agency | HWY86-#6 |
| 26 July 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.5 acres | Papago Agency | LISA |
| 2 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Papago Agency | SAN VICENTE |
| 14 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | EASTBOUND |
| 6 June 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | PEAK FIRE |
| 5 June 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Papago Agency | ATTACK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Haivana Nakya: 6 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abc Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Antelope Mine | Silica | Past Producer | Quartz, Quartzite | |
| Unknown | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Calvert Prospects | Tungsten | Past Producer | 1953, 1955 | |
| Calvert Prospects | Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Cinderra Gravity Mill | Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Lone Eagle Mine | Tungsten | Past Producer | Scheelite | |
| Mego Nos. 1 & 2 Prospects | Tungsten | Occurrence | 1955 | |
| Mego Nos. 1 and 2 | Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Southside Mine | Tungsten | Past Producer | 1955 |
Storms near this place
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Haivana Nakya in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 debris flow, 1 hail. 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 | Haivana Nakya | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed eleven power poles along Highway 86 between Three Points and Sells. The city of Sells and other portions of the Tohono O'odham Nation were without power for several hours. |
| July 2022 | Debris Flow | Haivana Nakya | $10,000 | Heavy rain of 1.5-2.5 in 90 minutes over the Contreras Fire burn scar caused a 1-2 ft debris flow across State Highway 386 to Kitt Peak. |
| July 2022 | Debris Flow | Haivana Nakya | $5,000 | Heavy rain of 1-2 in less than 2 hours over the Contreras Fire burn scar caused a 1-2 ft debris flow across State Highway 386 to Kitt Peak. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Haivana Nakya | $5,000 | The Tohono O'Odham Nation dispatch reported an ongoing swift water rescue approximately 4 miles north of SR 86 on Indian Route 35. A motorist was trapped in their vehicle. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haivana Nakya | $1,000 | A power pole was downed by thunderstorm winds about 10 miles northeast of Sells. |
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | Haivana Nakya | - | Law enforcement reported washes flowing along Indian Road 35. The road was impassable. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Haivana Nakya | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Vicente | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Comobabi | 5.8 miles | 19 | |
| Chiawuli Tak | 6.1 miles | 17 | |
| Chukson | 7.8 miles | 17 | |
| Ali Chukson | 7.9 miles | 17 | |
| Pan Tak | 7.9 miles | 19 | |
| Ali Molina | 8.0 miles | 17 | |
| Schuchk | 8.1 miles | 19 |
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 Haivana Nakya | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q29098 | 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 5507. 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.












