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Las Guijas, Arizona

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Arivaca census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85601. The Survey maps it on the Las Guijas quadrangle.

Las Guijas within Pima County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

47 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Las Guijas between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,869 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 2 were 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
Natural20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony8
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism2
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
28 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresBuenos Aires National Wildlife RefugeSACATON TANK FIRE
7 August 1995Natural3.0 acresBuenos Aires National Wildlife RefugeSACATON
26 August 1997Natural8.0 acresBuenos Aires National Wildlife RefugeLAS GUIJAS
2 August 1994Natural5.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
17 August 1992Natural2.0 acresBuenos Aires National Wildlife RefugeSIERRITA
15 August 2000Naturalunder an acreBuenos Aires National Wildlife RefugeTEQUILA
15 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficePENITAS
15 August 2000Natural4.0 acresBuenos Aires National Wildlife RefugeTINITAS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pima County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 66 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 66 workings within 5 miles of Las Guijas: 44 past producers, 11 producers, 6 occurrences, 3 unknowns. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Tungsten, 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
Albatross MineGold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, CopperPast Producer
Arivaca King MineGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Backbone MineSilver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast Producer
Black Gold MineTungsten, Copper, Zinc, Gold, Silver, LeadPast Producer1936, 1940
Buena Vista Mine GroupGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast Producer
Buster Lode ProspectTungsten, Gold, SilverProducerWolframite
CarrascoSilver, Copper, Gold, LeadPast Producer
Centennial and TungstenCopper, TungstenPast Producer
Cerro ColoradoZeolitesOccurrenceClinoptilolite
ElzaGold, Lead, Copper, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pima County

Storms near this place

10 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Las Guijas in 10 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 6 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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
February 2009LightningLas Guijas1 hurtA suspected illegal immigrant in the Altar valley was struck by lightning and suffered minor injuries.
July 2025Flash FloodLas Guijas$500Report of 20-24 inches of standing water at HWY 286 near MM 23.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindLas Guijas-A thunderstorm wind gust to 62 mph was measured at the Sasabe RAWS site.
June 2022Flash FloodLas Guijas-Heavy rain of 3-4 inches in 2 hours caused flash flooding across State Route 286 and 2-3 inches of rain caused flash flooding and the closure of Sasabe-Arivaca Road at mile post 2.
July 2021Flash FloodLas Guijas-Two inches of rain in less than 1 hour caused extensive flooding of Arivaca Road between mile markers 10 and 16 with additional flash flooding farther north near Keystone Peak.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindLas Guijas-The Sasabe RAWS measured a wind gust of 66 mph.
July 2021Flash FloodLas Guijas-More than 1 inch of rain in less than 1 hour fell along State Route 286 north of Santa Margarita Road west to the Baboquivari Mountains causing a number of washes to flow east across Route 286 two to three feet deep.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindLas Guijas-Sasabe RAWS measured a gust to 67 mph.
August 2011Flash FloodLas Guijas-Heavy rainfall fell along Highway 286 in southern Pima County with rainfall amounts up to 2.5 inches. This resulted in the flooding and closure of Highway 286 for about an hour.
November 2007Flash FloodLas Guijas-Twenty illegal entrants were rescued after being trapped by floodwaters on an embankment 20 miles south of Three Points. In addition, the area near milepost 25 on Arizona 286 became impassable.

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
Secundino3.6 miles16
Arivaca7.1 miles17
Puertocito7.4 miles18
Sandwash Mill13.1 miles20
Chutum Vaya14.4 miles16
Sasabe15.1 miles12
Sapano Vaya15.7 miles17
Kuit Vaya15.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24489. 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.