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Pitoikam, Arizona

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Tohono O'odham Nation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85639. It stands on Mulberry Wash. The Survey maps it on the Chiuli Shaik quadrangle. It stands 3,068 feet above sea level.

Pitoikam within Pima County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

11 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Pitoikam between 2003 and 2016, burning about 3,182 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined5
Debris and open burning4
Natural2

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
16 July 2003Natural6.0 acresPapago AgencyMONTEZUMAF
3 June 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined225 acresPapago AgencyFRESNAL FIRE
24 June 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined805 acresPapago AgencySYCAMORE
20 June 2015Debris and open burning5.1 acresPapago AgencyHARVEY FIRE
19 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined29 acresPapago AgencyBABO FIRE
10 June 2005Debris and open burningunder an acrePapago AgencyTIRE
30 May 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,663 acresGila District OfficeMONTEZUMA
23 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresPapago AgencyBABOQUIVARI PARK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pima County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Pitoikam: 24 past producers, 3 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Copper, Silver. 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
Allison MineGold, Silica, Silver, Quartz, Copper, Lead, ManganesePast Producer1888, 1898
Allison MineGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Manganese, SilicaPast Producer
CautivoSilver, Copper, GoldPast Producer
EsperanzaGold, Silver, Copper, LeadPast Producer
Mina ClaimSilver, GoldPast Producer
OrndenSilver, Copper, GoldPast Producer
Ventana Mine GroupCopper, Gold, Silver, Manganese, Zinc, LeadProducer1900, 1972
Ventana Mine GroupCopper, Gold, Silver, Lead, ZincPast Producer
ConservationCopper, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Copper BellCopper, SilverPast Producer

Every working 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
Kahachi Miliuk1.1 miles16
Chiuli Shaik2.1 miles16
Gu Chuapo5.8 miles16
Chutum Vaya6.8 miles16
Topawa7.7 miles16
South Komelik7.9 miles16
Ali Molina7.9 miles17
Utevak8.4 miles16

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 PitoikamAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28912611The 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 24565. 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.