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Kui Tatk, 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. It stands on Sikul Himatk Wash. The Survey maps it on the Vainom Kug quadrangle.

Kui Tatk 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

18 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Kui Tatk between 1992 and 2017, burning about 567 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined9
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony3
Firearms and explosives use1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

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
22 June 1992Natural45 acresPapago AgencyCOVEREDWEL
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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pima County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Kui Tatk: 7 past producers, 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Silver, Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, 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
Padres HesterCopper, SilverPast Producer
Peer and Peerless GroupSilver, Gold, Barium-Barite, Gypsum-AnhydritePast Producer1880, 1892
UnknownGeothermalOccurrence
Ben Lomand MinesGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, ZincProducer1885
Ben Lomand MinesGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Horseshoe Gold PlacersGold, SilverPast Producer
Horseshoe PlacersGold, SilverProducer1774
Quijotoa MineSilver, Gold, Barium-BaritePast ProducerBarite, Gold, Silver
Quijotoa MineSilver, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Weldon MineGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, ZincProducer1890, 1910

Every working recorded in Pima County

Storms near this place

1 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kui Tatk in 1 storm report in 2016: 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
July 2016Flash FloodKui Tatk$5,000Flood waters swept a vehicle into the Sikul Himatk Wash on the Tohono O'Odham Nation. The motorist escaped to dry land.

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
Vainom Kug1.4 miles14
Kaihon Kug1.5 miles14
Piato Vaya4.2 miles14
Sikul Himatk5.8 miles14
Nolic6.8 miles18
Quijotoa6.8 miles14
Santa Lucia7.3 miles18
San Luis7.3 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24486. 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.