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Pan Tak, Arizona

19 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 Pan Tak quadrangle. It stands 3,412 feet above sea level.

Pan Tak within Pima County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 19 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

54 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Pan Tak between 1992 and 2016, burning about 9,988 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined22
Equipment and vehicle use16
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1

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
22 September 2002Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresPapago AgencySCHUK TOAK
14 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresPapago AgencyCOYOTE FIRE
11 August 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePapago AgencyHWY 86 MP 131
3 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePapago Agency132
27 July 2003Natural1.0 acresPapago AgencyHAZEFIRE
15 July 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePapago AgencyHWY86-1395
14 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined9,200 acresPapago AgencySAN JUAN
11 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresGila District OfficeREDONDO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pima County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Pan Tak: 9 past producers, 8 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Copper, Copper, Silver, Copper, 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
Aqua Verde MineCopper, Silver, Dolomite, Limestone, GeneralPast Producer1951, 1952
Bonanza MineCopper, Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Molybdenum, ZincPast ProducerBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Sphalerite
El Conquistadors ClaimsUraniumOccurrence
Roadside MineCopper, Silver, Gold, MercuryOccurrenceCinnabar, Copper, Mercury, Tetrahedrite
Roadside MineCopper, Gold, Mercury, SilverPast Producer
Jean E GroupManganese, Copper, ZincPast Producer1938, 1954
Jean E GroupManganese, Copper, ZincPast Producer
Jean E-Papago Indian ReservationCopper, Zinc, ManganesePast Producer1954
South ProspectCopper, SilverPast Producer
Coyote Claim - Roadside MineCopperOccurrenceVein

Every working recorded in Pima County

Storms near this place

2 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pan Tak in 2 storm reports in 2022: 2 debris flow. 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
June 2022Debris FlowPan Tak$10,000Thunderstorms produced 1.5 inches of rain in one hour over the Contreras burn scar causing a debris flow over State Route 386 to Kitt Peak.
June 2022Debris FlowPan Tak$10,000Thunderstorms produced 2-3 inches of rain in one hour over the Contreras burn scar causing a debris flow over State Route 386 to Kitt Peak.

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
Uhs Kug3.2 miles17
San Vicente3.8 miles19
Nawt Vaya4.3 miles21
San Pedro6.4 miles21
Haivana Nakya7.9 miles19
Gu Chuapo9.6 miles16
Schuchk9.8 miles19
Chiawuli Tak12.6 miles17

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 Pan TakAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28450910The 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 24551. 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.