Quijotoa, 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 stands on Quijotoa Mountains. The Survey maps it on the Maish Vaya quadrangle. It stands 2,789 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 Maish Vaya quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Maish Vaya quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
3 photographs, 2018Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
33 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Quijotoa between 1992 and 2020, burning about 139 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/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Papago Agency | 653 |
| 18 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Papago Agency | HIGHWAY 86 |
| 7 June 2005 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | POWER |
| 22 June 1992 | Natural | 45 acres | Papago Agency | COVEREDWEL |
| 16 June 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Papago Agency | BASE FIRE |
| 11 June 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Papago Agency | R.C |
| 10 June 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 65 acres | Papago Agency | PISINEMO |
| 1 June 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Papago Agency | SAN PEDRO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 51 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 51 workings within 5 miles of Quijotoa: 32 past producers, 10 producers, 5 occurrences, 2 prospects. 10 still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballas Mine Area | Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Zinc | Producer | 1885 | |
| Ballas Mine Area | Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Horseshoe Basin Occurrence | Iron, Copper, Gold | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Iron Hill | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Linda Lee Claims | Gold, REE, Thorium, Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Mocking Bird Mine Group | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Vanadium | Producer | 1880, 1974 | |
| Mocking Bird Mine Group | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Vanadium | Past Producer | ||
| Peer and Peerless Group | Silver, Gold, Barium-Barite, Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | 1880, 1892 | |
| Perry Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Plata Rica | Lead, Silver | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Quijotoa in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2022: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quijotoa | $50,000 | Several homes suffered roof damage in Upper Covered Wells, Covered Wells, Lower Covered Wells, and Mountain Village. |
| November 2022 | Lightning | Quijotoa | $2,000 | Lightning struck a power pole along Route 15 just north of Highway 86. The pole caught fire and caused a power outage on the Tohono O'odham Nation that persisted for three hours. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Quijotoa | - | Heavy rain of around 3 in 2 hours caused flash flooding of Highway 86 southeast of the Gu-Achi Trading Post. Santa Rosa Wash rose several feet north of Highway 86 but remained within its banks. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Narcho Santos | 1.3 miles | 14 | |
| Maish Vaya | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Piato Vaya | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Sikul Himatk | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Kui Tatk | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Vainom Kug | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Gurli Put Vo | 8.2 miles | 14 | |
| Kaihon Kug | 8.3 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 Quijotoa | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28912623 | 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 24572. 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.










