Hoa Murk, 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 85321. The Survey maps it on the Sikort Chuapo quadrangle.

Hoa Murk within Pima County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 14 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.

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 Sikort Chuapo Mts quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1967 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:100000
1982 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
1990 USGS Sikort Chuapo quadrangle1:24000
1996 USGS Sikort Chuapo quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

5 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Hoa Murk between 2009 and 2015, burning about 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Equipment and vehicle use	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
19 May 2014	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Papago Agency	WOLF
20 April 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Papago Agency	HWY 86 MP 61
15 April 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Papago Agency	HWY86 MP57.5
15 April 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Papago Agency	HWY86 MP63
15 April 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Papago Agency	HWY86 MP62

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pima County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hoa Murk: 2 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Geothermal. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Cadillac Claims	Manganese	Prospect
Cadillac Group	Manganese	Past Producer	Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
Sikort Chuapo Well	Geothermal	Occurrence
Unknown	Geothermal	Occurrence

Every working 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Sikort Chuapo	2.5 miles	14
Charco	3.8 miles	14
Why	4.0 miles	14
Hotason Vo	4.0 miles	14
Schuchuli	4.1 miles	14
Kuakatch	9.8 miles	14
Rowood	11.3 miles	17
Hickiwan	11.9 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24460. 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.