Noipa Kam, 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. The Survey maps it on the Window Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 14 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.
- 1953 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Gu Achi quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1990 USGS Window Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Window Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Noipa Kam between 2001 and 2014, burning about 5 acres in total. None 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/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Phoenix District Office | GARRET |
| 25 July 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | RAVINE |
| 18 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | PETERS |
| 14 June 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | ARCHIE WOOD |
| 3 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | BABY SNAKE |
| 15 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Papago Agency | SRBS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Noipa Kam: 4 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Geothermal, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brownell Mine | Silver, Copper, Gold | Producer | Copper, Hematite, Pyrite | |
| By Chance Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Man's Dream Mine | Copper, Silver | Producer | Copper | |
| Gossan No. 4 Prospect | Copper, Uranium | Occurrence | Chrysocolla, Malachite | |
| Unknown | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Gossan No 4 | Copper | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Gold | Occurrence | Vein |
Storms near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Noipa Kam in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Noipa Kam | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed nine power poles south of Santa Rosa. Power was out in several villages for two hours. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Noipa Kam | $3,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down two power poles along Indian Route 15 near Ak Chin village. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oit Ihuk | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Santa Rosa | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Ali Oidak | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Palo Verde Stand | 7.1 miles | 14 | |
| Ak Chin | 7.4 miles | 14 | |
| Achi | 8.2 miles | 14 | |
| Maish Vaya | 8.2 miles | 14 | |
| Anegam | 8.7 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 32340. 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.










