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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.

Quijotoa within Pima County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 14 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.

Photographs

3 photographs, 2018

Taken 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.

Humble cemetery in the tiny Pima County, Arizona, community of Quijotoa, near the Mexican border
Humble cemetery in the tiny Pima County, Arizona, community of Quijotoa, near the Mexican border
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress
Humble cemetery in the tiny Pima County, Arizona, community of Quijotoa, near the Mexican border
Humble cemetery in the tiny Pima County, Arizona, community of Quijotoa, near the Mexican border
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress
Humble cemetery in the tiny Pima County, Arizona, community of Quijotoa, near the Mexican border
Humble cemetery in the tiny Pima County, Arizona, community of Quijotoa, near the Mexican border
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

33 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony3
Debris and open burning3
Natural2
Firearms and explosives use1
Smoking1

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
20 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePapago Agency653
18 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePapago AgencyHIGHWAY 86
7 June 2005Natural1.0 acresPapago AgencyPOWER
22 June 1992Natural45 acresPapago AgencyCOVEREDWEL
16 June 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePapago AgencyBASE FIRE
11 June 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePapago AgencyR.C
10 June 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined65 acresPapago AgencyPISINEMO
1 June 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresPapago AgencySAN PEDRO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pima County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 51 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ballas Mine AreaSilver, Lead, Copper, Gold, ZincProducer1885
Ballas Mine AreaGold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, CopperPast Producer
Horseshoe Basin OccurrenceIron, Copper, GoldOccurrenceReplacement
Iron HillIronUnknown
Linda Lee ClaimsGold, REE, Thorium, UraniumPast Producer
Mocking Bird Mine GroupGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, VanadiumProducer1880, 1974
Mocking Bird Mine GroupGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, VanadiumPast Producer
Peer and Peerless GroupSilver, Gold, Barium-Barite, Gypsum-AnhydritePast Producer1880, 1892
Perry MineCopper, Gold, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Plata RicaLead, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pima County

Storms near this place

3 since 2019

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2019Thunderstorm WindQuijotoa$50,000Several homes suffered roof damage in Upper Covered Wells, Covered Wells, Lower Covered Wells, and Mountain Village.
November 2022LightningQuijotoa$2,000Lightning 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 2022Flash FloodQuijotoa-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.

Every storm 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
Narcho Santos1.3 miles14
Maish Vaya2.8 miles14
Piato Vaya5.4 miles14
Sikul Himatk5.5 miles14
Kui Tatk6.8 miles14
Vainom Kug7.0 miles14
Gurli Put Vo8.2 miles14
Kaihon Kug8.3 miles14

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 QuijotoaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28912623The 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.