BlockKuit Vaya, Arizona
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Tohono O'odham Nation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85639. The Survey maps it on the Aguirre Peak quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1941 USGS Presumido Peak quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Fresnal quadrangle1:125000
- 1943 USGS Presumido Peak quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Aguirre Peak quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1994 USGS Sells quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
19 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Kuit Vaya between 1992 and 2017, burning about 6,198 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/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | LEYVAS CANYON |
| 23 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Papago Agency | SAN MIGUEL FIRE |
| 8 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 11 acres | Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge | HORSE |
| 7 July 2013 | Natural | 1,300 acres | Papago Agency | COYOTE |
| 9 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | BABOQUIVARI |
| 9 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | BOBOQ |
| 30 June 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 28 June 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 74 acres | Papago Agency | BEAR CANYON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Kuit Vaya: 8 past producers, 5 occurrences, 5 producers, 2 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Gold, Tungsten, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkley Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc | Producer | Pyrite | |
| Berkley Mine | Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Giant Claims | Tungsten, Molybdenum, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1951 | |
| Giant Tungsten Prospect | Molybdenum, Tungsten | Occurrence | Molybdenite, Scheelite | |
| Gold King Mine | Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Beryllium, Manganese | Producer | 1900, 1963 | |
| Gold King Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Manganese, Zinc, Beryllium | Past Producer | ||
| Les Jimfre Claims | Tungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite, Beryllium | Producer | Fluorite, Scheelite | |
| Lesjimfre Claims | Tungsten, Beryllium, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Lobos Group | Uranium, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Lobos Group | Uranium, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Thorium | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chutum Vaya | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Utevak | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Kom Kug | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Choulic | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Sapano Vaya | 5.7 miles | 17 | |
| South Komelik | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| San Miguel | 7.0 miles | 17 | |
| Ak Chut Vaya | 7.6 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24487. 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.