Nawt Vaya, Arizona
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Tohono O'odham Nation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85634. The Survey maps it on the San Pedro quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 21 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.
- 1934 USGS Tucson Mountains quadrangle1:125000
- 1941 USGS Cocoraque Butte quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Cocoraque Butte quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS San Pedro quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1992 USGS San Pedro quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Silver Bell Mountains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS San Pedro quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
47 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Nawt Vaya between 1992 and 2016, burning about 662 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 1995 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 7 August 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | POZO HONDO |
| 14 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | COYOTE FIRE |
| 7 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 27 July 2003 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | HAZEFIRE |
| 1 July 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | CAFE |
| 5 June 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Papago Agency | KING |
| 3 June 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | PANTAK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Nawt Vaya: 8 occurrences, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Manganese, Copper, Silver, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonanza Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Molybdenum, Zinc | Past Producer | Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Sphalerite | |
| El Conquistadors Claims | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Roadside Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Mercury | Occurrence | Cinnabar, Copper, Mercury, Tetrahedrite | |
| Roadside Mine | Copper, Gold, Mercury, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| South Prospect | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Black Bear | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Coyote Mtn Manganese | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Russell Manganese Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Coyote Claim - Roadside Mine | Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| North Prospect | Copper | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nawt Vaya in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2022: 1 flash flood, 1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2015 | Lightning | Nawt Vaya | 1 hurt | A man was struck and injured by lightning near Three Points. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nawt Vaya | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a power pole near Highway 86 and San Pedro Rd. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Nawt Vaya | - | Over 2 inches of rain caused significant flooding of route 286 about halfway between Three Points and Sasabe, near mile post 24. Roads were also flooded near and west of Arivaca. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Pedro | 3.5 miles | 21 | |
| Pan Tak | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Uhs Kug | 5.7 miles | 17 | |
| San Vicente | 8.0 miles | 19 | |
| Three Points | 9.8 miles | 21 | |
| Robles Junction | 9.9 miles | 21 | |
| Corner Windmill | 10.7 miles | 21 | |
| Diamond Bell Ranch | 11.7 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24530. 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.











