Hickiwan, Arizona
13 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 85321. It stands on Hickiwan Peak. The Survey maps it on the Hickiwan quadrangle. It stands 2,198 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 13 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 Cimarron Peak quadrangle1:62500
- 1967 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1990 USGS Hickiwan quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Hickiwan quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
10 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Hickiwan between 1993 and 2013, burning about 70 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | MOUNT FRANCIS |
| 12 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | TREE |
| 20 July 2005 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Prescott National Forest | LOOKOUT |
| 12 July 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | SIMMONS |
| 4 June 2003 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | MONTGOMERY |
| 20 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.8 acres | Papago Agency | HICKIWAN FIRE |
| 17 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | LEECH |
| 24 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Papago Agency | HICKIWAN |
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 Hickiwan: 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
3 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hickiwan in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2014: 2 flash flood, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2014 | Flood | Hickiwan | $25,000 | Heavy rain in excess of 2 on the Tohono O'Odham Nation caused several road closures for an extended period of time. Highway 86 became impassable in several locations between mile markers 76 and 106. One motorist was rescued from flood waters near mile post 79 after attempting to cross them with their vehicle. High flows on the Hickiwan Wash near its confluence with the San Simon Wash near Highway 86 were exacerbated by the compromise of several earthen berms designed to protect the highway. High flows along the San Simon Wash continued downstream from there to the confluence with the Vamori Wash near Santa Cruz, where Indian Route 21 was impassable, then south to the International Border. High flows occurred on the Santa Rosa Wash from Highway 86 downstream into Pinal County causing the closure of Indian Route 15 at North Komelik. Water levels finally receded during the evening hours of October 9th. |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Hickiwan | $20,000 | Heavy rain caused flash flooding in Hickiwan Village where four homes were flooded. Nine people were rescued from a vehicle stuck in flood waters. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Hickiwan | - | Three feet rise on Hickiwan wash in one hour. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tatai Toak | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Emika | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Vaya Chin | 8.0 miles | 13 | |
| Stoa Pitk | 8.3 miles | 14 | |
| Charco | 10.7 miles | 14 | |
| Hotason Vo | 10.9 miles | 14 | |
| Sikort Chuapo | 11.0 miles | 14 | |
| Hoa Murk | 11.9 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 Hickiwan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28222203 | 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 5752. 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.










