Piato Vaya, 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. It lies near Ben Nevis Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Ben Nevis Mountain quadrangle. It stands 2,395 feet above sea level.
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 Quijotoa Mts quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1990 USGS Ben Nevis Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Ben Nevis Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
11 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Piato Vaya between 1992 and 2017, burning about 626 acres in total. 1 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 | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | SUNLAND |
| 4 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 acres | Green Valley Fire District | not named |
| 22 June 1992 | Natural | 45 acres | Papago Agency | COVEREDWEL |
| 10 June 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 65 acres | Papago Agency | PISINEMO |
| 9 May 2009 | Firearms and explosives use | 10 acres | Phoenix District Office | WILLOW |
| 4 May 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | IRON STAND |
| 3 May 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | BEN NEVIS |
| 21 May 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | COVERED |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Piato Vaya: 10 past producers, 6 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Silver, Barium-Barite, Silver, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Hill | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Maude H | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Morgan Mine Group | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper | Producer | 1917, 1937 | |
| Peer and Peerless Group | Silver, Gold, Barium-Barite, Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | 1880, 1892 | |
| Unknown | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| White Prince | Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | ||
| Ben Lomand Mines | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc | Producer | 1885 | |
| Ben Lomand Mines | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Maud H. Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead | Producer | 1933 | |
| Morgan Mine Group | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kui Tatk | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Kaihon Kug | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Vainom Kug | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Quijotoa | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Narcho Santos | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Viason Chin | 7.4 miles | 14 | |
| Sikul Himatk | 7.9 miles | 14 | |
| Hali Murk | 8.0 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 Piato Vaya | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1455461 | 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 24559. 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.










