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Lukeville, Arizona

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Ajo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85341. It lies near Sonoyta Valley. The Survey maps it on the Lukeville quadrangle. It stands 1,398 feet above sea level.

Lukeville within Pima County

On record in Lukeville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 6 records

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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

13 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Lukeville between 1998 and 2014, burning about 22 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism4
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
2 June 2014Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreOrgan Pipe Cactus National MonumentFENCE
11 June 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOrgan Pipe Cactus National Monument310 FIRE
3 May 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOrgan Pipe Cactus National MonumentE. MONUMEN
3 May 1998Arson/incendiarism20 acresOrgan Pipe Cactus National MonumentOVERT
15 April 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOrgan Pipe Cactus National MonumentMILE78FIRE
7 March 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreOrgan Pipe Cactus National MonumentMARTIN
29 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOrgan Pipe Cactus National MonumentMILE 78
26 March 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOrgan Pipe Cactus National MonumentLAS PALMAS

Every fire recorded in Pima County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lukeville: 1 producer, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc, Gold, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, 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
Lucky DogGoldProspect
Victoria MineLead, Silver, Copper, Gold, ZincProducer1915, 1935
Victoria MineCopper, Gold, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pima County

Storms near this place

10 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lukeville in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 5 flash flood, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 2008Flash FloodLukeville$25,000Two to three inches of rainfall occurred in the border town of Lukeville, Arizona. This caused flooding and damage to private property, businesses and government offices with water several feet high. A report from officials at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument stated a recently built fence along the international border exacerbated the flooding as a result of the fence acting like a dam and stopping the normal progression of water through the border.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindLukeville$15,000Thunderstorm winds ripped off about 40 feet of the roof to the auditorium at the Organ Pipe National Monument Visitor Center.
August 2011Flash FloodLukeville$10,000Rainfall amounts between 1.5 inches and 2.5 inches resulted flooding and the closure of several roads at Organ Pipe National Monument. In addition, a 40 foot section of the international border fence between the United States and Mexico was destroyed.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindLukeville$7,000Thunderstorm winds downed three power poles north of the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument Visitor Center.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindLukeville$2,000Severe thunderstorm winds caused the loss of power to 56 customers from the International border to Puerto Blanco Rd for an unknown duration of time.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindLukeville$2,000Power pole was downed on Puerto Blanco Dr just west of Highway 85.
July 2022Flash FloodLukeville-Heavy rain of 3-4 in 90 minutes caused flash flooding of Highway 85 near Puerto Blanco Dr. north of Lukeville.
July 2021Flash FloodLukeville-Heavy rain of 2 to 3 in less than 1 hour at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument caused flash flooding of roadways making them impassible.
February 1998FloodLukeville-Heavy rain caused normally dry washes to flow with water. Stream gages reported rises up to 5 feet. Some road closures were reported especially in the eastern and northern portions of the Tucson Metro area.
August 2001Flash FloodLukeville-no account filed

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
Quitobaquito11.4 miles8
Siovi Shuatak12.5 miles8
Sweetwater13.4 miles8
Ali Chuk14.5 miles8
Ali Ak Chin14.7 miles8
Pia Oik15.2 miles8
Gu Vo18.5 miles14
Kuakatch19.4 miles14

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 LukevilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q992490The 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 7544. 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.