Kaihon Kug, 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 85634. The Survey maps it on the Vainom Kug quadrangle. It stands 2,001 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 14 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 Quijotoa Mts quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1990 USGS Vainom Kug quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Vainom Kug quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
13 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Kaihon Kug between 2005 and 2017, burning about 519 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 | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 acres | Green Valley Fire District | not named |
| 20 July 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | FT. APACHE FIRE |
| 13 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Papago Agency | NOPOWER |
| 9 May 2009 | Firearms and explosives use | 10 acres | Phoenix District Office | WILLOW |
| 4 May 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | IRON STAND |
| 3 May 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | BEN NEVIS |
| 28 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | IRON STAND |
| 21 May 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | COVERED |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Kaihon Kug: 2 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal, Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Lomand Mines | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc | Producer | 1885 | |
| Ben Lomand Mines | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kaihon Kug in 1 storm report in 2021: 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | Kaihon Kug | - | Two inches of rain in less than an hour caused flash flooding across Highway 86 near Indian Route 26 northwest of Sells. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kui Tatk | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| Vainom Kug | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Piato Vaya | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Gu Oidak | 6.8 miles | 8 | |
| Nolic | 6.9 miles | 18 | |
| Sikul Himatk | 7.2 miles | 14 | |
| Santa Lucia | 7.7 miles | 18 | |
| San Luis | 7.9 miles | 18 |
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 Kaihon Kug | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28222359 | 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 6588. 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.










