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Hoi Oidak, Arizona

15 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. The Survey maps it on the Santa Rosa Mountains SE quadrangle.

Hoi Oidak within Pima County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

4 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Hoi Oidak between 1995 and 2009, burning about 27 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
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
23 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeP.R.
7 June 2001Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeDESERT WIND
31 May 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresPapago AgencyMIKE FIRE
31 May 1995Debris and open burning8.0 acresPapago AgencySANTAROSA1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pima County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Hoi Oidak: 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal, Copper, Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver. 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
Copper Bell GroupCopper, SilverUnknown
La FortunaCopper, Gold, Lead, SilverPast Producer
La Fortuna MineCopper, Silver, LeadProducer1928
Silver Bell GroupLead, Vanadium, Silver, Molybdenum, Gold, CopperUnknown
UnknownGeothermalOccurrence

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Pipyak4.4 miles15
Makgum Havoka5.1 miles15
Sil Nakya6.4 miles20
Ak Chin7.3 miles14
Achi8.1 miles14
Ali Oidak8.1 miles14
Palo Verde Stand8.8 miles14
Santa Rosa9.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24461. 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.