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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.

Kaihon Kug 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.

Fires near this place

13 since 2005

Regional 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/undetermined6
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony2
Firearms and explosives use1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
4 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined500 acresGreen Valley Fire Districtnot named
20 July 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresPapago AgencyFT. APACHE FIRE
13 July 2005Debris and open burningunder an acrePapago AgencyNOPOWER
9 May 2009Firearms and explosives use10 acresPhoenix District OfficeWILLOW
4 May 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresPapago AgencyIRON STAND
3 May 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresPapago AgencyBEN NEVIS
28 May 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresPapago AgencyIRON STAND
21 May 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresPapago AgencyCOVERED

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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ben Lomand MinesGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, ZincProducer1885
Ben Lomand MinesGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincPast Producer
UnknownGeothermalOccurrence
UnknownGeothermalOccurrence

Every working recorded in Pima County

Storms near this place

1 since 2021

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2021Flash FloodKaihon Kug-Two inches of rain in less than an hour caused flash flooding across Highway 86 near Indian Route 26 northwest of Sells.

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
Kui Tatk1.5 miles14
Vainom Kug2.4 miles14
Piato Vaya4.8 miles14
Gu Oidak6.8 miles8
Nolic6.9 miles18
Sikul Himatk7.2 miles14
Santa Lucia7.7 miles18
San Luis7.9 miles18

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 KugAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28222359The 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.