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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 19 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 Silver Bell quadrangle1:125000
- 1938 USGS San Vicente quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS San Vicente quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS San Vicente quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS San Vicente quadrangle1:62500, 2 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 Pan Tak quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Silver Bell Mountains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Pan Tak quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
54 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | SCHUK TOAK |
| 14 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | COYOTE FIRE |
| 11 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Papago Agency | HWY 86 MP 131 |
| 3 July 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Papago Agency | 132 |
| 27 July 2003 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | HAZEFIRE |
| 15 July 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Papago Agency | HWY86-1395 |
| 14 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9,200 acres | Papago Agency | SAN JUAN |
| 11 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Gila District Office | REDONDO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aqua Verde Mine | Copper, Silver, Dolomite, Limestone, General | Past Producer | 1951, 1952 | |
| 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 | ||
| Jean E Group | Manganese, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | 1938, 1954 | |
| Jean E Group | Manganese, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Jean E-Papago Indian Reservation | Copper, Zinc, Manganese | Past Producer | 1954 | |
| South Prospect | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Coyote Claim - Roadside Mine | Copper | Occurrence | Vein |
Storms near this place
2 since 2022Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Debris Flow | Pan Tak | $10,000 | Thunderstorms 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 2022 | Debris Flow | Pan Tak | $10,000 | Thunderstorms 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uhs Kug | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| San Vicente | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Nawt Vaya | 4.3 miles | 21 | |
| San Pedro | 6.4 miles | 21 | |
| Haivana Nakya | 7.9 miles | 19 | |
| Gu Chuapo | 9.6 miles | 16 | |
| Schuchk | 9.8 miles | 19 | |
| Chiawuli Tak | 12.6 miles | 17 |
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 Tak | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28450910 | The 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.












