Lukachukai, Arizona
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Chinle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86507. It stands on Lizard Wash. The Survey maps it on the Lukachukai quadrangle. 1,424 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,550 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLukachukai fell from 1,701 to 1,424 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,701 | |
| 2020 | 1,424 | -277 (-16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1892 USGS Canyon De Chelly quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Lukachukai quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Sonsala Butte 1 NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Lukachukai quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Canyon De Chelly quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
67 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Lukachukai between 1992 and 2020, burning about 103 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 39 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | E. LUKACHUCKAI |
| 14 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | WHITESANDS |
| 1 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | BUFFALO |
| 6 August 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | LUKE 1 |
| 4 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | 7560-WEST |
| 31 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | TOTSOCREEK |
| 30 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | LUKACHUKAI 5 |
| 29 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 3.6 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | LUKACHUKAI 4 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Lukachukai: 11 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Vanadium, Uranium, Vanadium, Vanadium, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Titanium, Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Camp Mine | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | Carnotite, Tyuyamunite | |
| Camp Property | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | ||
| Joleo | Vanadium, Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Knife Edge Mesa | Vanadium, Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Black No. 1 Mine | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | Carnotite, Tyuyamunite | |
| Black No. 2 Mine | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | Carnotite, Tyuyamunite | |
| Cisco Mine | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | Carnotite, Tyuyamunite | |
| Flag No. 1 Mine | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | Carnotite, Tyuyamunite | |
| Flag No. 2 Mine | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | Carnotite, Tyuyamunite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sehili | 10.0 miles | 17 | |
| Cove | 10.3 miles | 18 | |
| Yazzi | 11.2 miles | 18 | |
| Wheatfields | 13.5 miles | 18 | |
| Round Rock | 14.6 miles | 18 | |
| Lower Wheatfields | 15.5 miles | 18 | |
| Upper Wheatfields | 15.5 miles | 18 | |
| Red Rock | 15.7 miles | 18 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Lukachukai | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1828153 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 7539. 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.







