BlockKom Vo, Arizona
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Tohono O'odham Nation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85634. It stands on Vamori Wash. The Survey maps it on the Kom Vo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Sonoyta quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Kom Vo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Lukeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Kom Vo quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Lukeville quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Kom Vo quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Kom Vo between 2000 and 2005, burning under an acre 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 | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Papago Agency | FATHER |
| 5 January 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Papago Agency | ACUNA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kom Vo: 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keystone No. 1-4 | Gold | Producer | ||
| Kom Vo Well | Geothermal | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kom Vo in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2022: 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kom Vo | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a power pole south of Pisinemo near the junction of Routes 21 and 24. |
| August 2013 | Flood | Kom Vo | - | Flooding continued overnight along the San Simon Wash from Santa Cruz downstream due to heavy rain that fell during the late afternoon hours. Indian Road 21 remained closed due to high water until early morning. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tatk Kam Vo | 2.1 miles | 8 | |
| Hali Murk | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Viason Chin | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Pisinimo | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Pisinemo | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Peach Pu | 7.2 miles | 14 | |
| Kupk | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Pia Oik | 10.3 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 6765. 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.