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Narcho Santos, 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 lies near Quijotoa Mountains. The Survey maps it on the Maish Vaya quadrangle.

Narcho Santos 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

29 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Narcho Santos between 1992 and 2020, burning about 127 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural2
Smoking1

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
20 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePapago Agency653
18 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePapago AgencyHIGHWAY 86
7 June 2005Natural1.0 acresPapago AgencyPOWER
22 June 1992Natural45 acresPapago AgencyCOVEREDWEL
16 June 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePapago AgencyBASE FIRE
11 June 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePapago AgencyR.C
10 June 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined65 acresPapago AgencyPISINEMO
1 June 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresPapago AgencySAN PEDRO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pima County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 49 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 49 workings within 5 miles of Narcho Santos: 29 past producers, 10 producers, 6 occurrences, 2 prospects. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Copper, Silver. 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
Ballas Mine AreaSilver, Lead, Copper, Gold, ZincProducer1885
Ballas Mine AreaGold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, CopperPast Producer
Horseshoe Basin OccurrenceIron, Copper, GoldOccurrenceReplacement
Linda Lee ClaimsGold, REE, Thorium, UraniumPast Producer
Mocking Bird Mine GroupGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, VanadiumProducer1880, 1974
Mocking Bird Mine GroupGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, VanadiumPast Producer
Perry MineCopper, Gold, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Plata RicaLead, SilverPast Producer
Silver Bullion MineLead, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Uranium, MolybdenumPast Producer1850
Stepp - Laive OccurrenceIron, CopperOccurrenceReplacement

Every working 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
Quijotoa1.3 miles14
Maish Vaya1.7 miles14
Sikul Himatk6.0 miles14
Piato Vaya6.6 miles14
Gurli Put Vo7.6 miles14
Kui Tatk8.0 miles14
Vainom Kug8.1 miles14
Kaihon Kug9.5 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24525. 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.