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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.

Hickiwan within Pima County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 13 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

10 since 1993

Regional 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/undetermined4
Debris and open burning3
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
21 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeMOUNT FRANCIS
12 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeTREE
20 July 2005Natural1.0 acresPrescott National ForestLOOKOUT
12 July 2002Naturalunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeSIMMONS
4 June 2003Debris and open burning40 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeMONTGOMERY
20 May 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.8 acresPapago AgencyHICKIWAN FIRE
17 May 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresPapago AgencyLEECH
24 April 1993Debris and open burning20 acresPapago AgencyHICKIWAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pima County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownGeothermalOccurrence

Every working recorded in Pima County

Storms near this place

3 since 2007

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2014FloodHickiwan$25,000Heavy 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 2014Flash FloodHickiwan$20,000Heavy rain caused flash flooding in Hickiwan Village where four homes were flooded. Nine people were rescued from a vehicle stuck in flood waters.
July 2007Flash FloodHickiwan-Three feet rise on Hickiwan wash in one hour.

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
Tatai Toak2.2 miles13
Emika4.5 miles13
Vaya Chin8.0 miles13
Stoa Pitk8.3 miles14
Charco10.7 miles14
Hotason Vo10.9 miles14
Sikort Chuapo11.0 miles14
Hoa Murk11.9 miles14

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 HickiwanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28222203The 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.