BlockPia Oik, Arizona
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Tohono O'odham Nation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85634. It lies near Gu Vo Hills. The Survey maps it on the Pia Oik quadrangle. It stands 1,965 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Sonoyta quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Diaz Peak quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Lukeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Pia Oik quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Lukeville quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Pia Oik quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Pia Oik between 1992 and 2007, burning about 1 acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 June 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Papago Agency | SHERM |
| 13 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Papago Agency | YARD |
| 17 May 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Papago Agency | PIAOIK |
| 22 January 1992 | Smoking | under an acre | Papago Agency | HWY86#2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Pia Oik: 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Well | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweetwater | 2.4 miles | 8 | |
| Siovi Shuatak | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Ali Ak Chin | 6.1 miles | 8 | |
| Gu Vo | 8.3 miles | 14 | |
| Ali Chuk | 9.1 miles | 8 | |
| Kom Vo | 10.3 miles | 8 | |
| Tatk Kam Vo | 10.9 miles | 8 | |
| Pisinemo | 13.3 miles | 14 |
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 Pia Oik | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q29641599 | 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 9387. 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.