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Kuakatch, 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 Gunsight quadrangle.

Kuakatch 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

5 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Kuakatch between 2005 and 2013, burning about 40 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 burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
27 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePapago AgencyMALE
2 June 2013Debris and open burning2.0 acresOrgan Pipe Cactus National MonumentAJO
11 June 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresPapago AgencyGUNSIGHT FIRE
1 June 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePapago AgencyGUNSIGHT
11 May 2005Debris and open burning35 acresPapago AgencySIGHT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pima County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Kuakatch: 14 past producers, 6 producers, 4 prospects, 2 unknowns. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Copper. 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
Ajo Gunsight MineGold, Silver, Copper, Molybdenum, TungstenPast Producer1919, 1922
Ajo Gunsight MineGold, Silver, Copper, Molybdenum, TungstenPast Producer
Black Bess Mine GroupCopper, Gold, Silver, Tungsten, MolybdenumPast ProducerGold, Powellite, Scheelite
Bullion Bar Mine GroupGold, Silver, Copper, TungstenProducerGold, Scheelite, Silver
Bullion Bar Mine GroupGold, Silver, Tungsten, CopperPast Producer
Crescent Et Al GroupSilver, Tungsten, Zinc, Barium-Barite, Copper, Gold, LeadUnknown
Gunsight MineLead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Barium-BariteProducer1881, 1965
Kerlin Et Al GroupCopper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Tungsten, Zinc, Barium-BariteUnknown
Submarine GroupGold, Copper, Molybdenum, Silver, TungstenPast Producer
Sunset Limited Mine GroupGold, Silver, TungstenProducerGold, Scheelite, Silver

Every working recorded in Pima County

Storms near this place

2 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kuakatch in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2022: 2 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
July 2022Flash FloodKuakatch-Heavy rain of 2-3 in 90 minutes caused Gunsight Wash to rise rapidly and flood/close Highway 85 near mile post 55.
July 2012Flash FloodKuakatch-Flash flooding forced the closure of Highway 85 between Why and Organ Pipe National Monument.

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
Schuchuli6.0 miles14
Gu Vo7.3 miles14
Hotason Vo8.1 miles14
Charco8.4 miles14
Why9.7 miles14
Hoa Murk9.8 miles14
Sikort Chuapo12.3 miles14
Sweetwater12.9 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 6776. 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.