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Naviska, Arizona

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Tucson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85653. The Survey maps it on the West of Marana quadrangle.

Naviska within Pima County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

140 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Naviska between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,358 acres in total. 5 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined88
Smoking24
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural5
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
30 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
27 September 1996Smokingunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
22 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAvra Valley Fire Districtnot named
21 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAvra Valley Fire Districtnot named
20 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined170 acresGila District OfficeLITTLECROW
20 September 1996Smokingunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
2 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAvra Valley Fire Districtnot named
19 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined242 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeLITTLE CROW 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pima County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Naviska: 6 occurrences, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel
Sand and Gravel QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel
UnknownGeothermalOccurrence
UnknownGeothermalOccurrence
UnknownGeothermalOccurrence
UnknownGeothermalOccurrence
UnknownGeothermalOccurrence
UnknownGeothermalOccurrence

Every working recorded in Pima County

Storms near this place

6 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Naviska in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. 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
August 2015Thunderstorm WindNaviska$35,000Thunderstorm winds downed 20 power poles down along Marana Trico Road and Luckett Road. A chicken coop in Marana sustained some damage as well.
January 2021HailNaviska$30,000Thunderstorms produced small hail that nearly covered portions of roadways in Marana. Slick road surfaces led to several traffic accidents involving a total of least 10 vehicles on Interstate 10.
July 2010Flash FloodNaviska$20,000Heavy rain caused poor visibility and ponding of water on Interstate 10. The driver of an automobile lost control of vehicle in the rain and crashed into a semi-tractor trailer which had slowed to under 15 mph because of the rain. The driver of the automobile died at the scene. In addition, heavy rain caused a berm to breach, which flooded an equestrian center. Hay and feed used for horses at the facility was ruined.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindNaviska$10,000Roof damage occurred at a hangar in Pinal airpark. In addition, several trees were uprooted and a large 747 airplane was moved.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindNaviska-A personal weather station measured gust to 60 MPH.
August 2012Flash FloodNaviska-Heavy rain caused flash flooding and the closure of several roads just west of Tucson including Pump Station and El Tiro Roads.

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
Dobson2.4 miles16
Marana4.2 miles20
Nelson4.5 miles16
Avra Valley4.9 miles16
Rillito7.5 miles20
Picture Rocks10.1 miles19
Avra11.5 miles19
Tortolita12.7 miles19

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.

Wikidata item Q122596604The 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 24529. 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.