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Sapano Vaya, Arizona

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 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 Coyote Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Caponera Peak quadrangle. It stands 3,307 feet above sea level.

Sapano Vaya within Pima County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

10 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Sapano Vaya between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,846 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
Debris and open burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
23 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acrePapago AgencySAN MIGUEL FIRE
15 August 2013Natural128 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficePRESUMIDO
7 July 2013Natural1,300 acresPapago AgencyCOYOTE
10 July 2004Debris and open burningunder an acrePapago AgencyBUENOS
30 June 1992Equipment and vehicle use25 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
15 May 2015Debris and open burning10 acresPapago AgencyCOYOTE CANYON
12 May 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresPapago AgencySAN MIGUEL
17 February 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresPapago AgencyASOLIDO FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pima County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Sapano Vaya: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Tungsten, Silver, Copper, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Beach and Little GeorgeSilver, Copper, GoldPast Producer
Giant ClaimsTungsten, Molybdenum, Copper, SilverPast Producer1951
Les Jimfre ClaimsTungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite, BerylliumProducerFluorite, Scheelite
Lesjimfre ClaimsTungsten, Beryllium, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Lobos GroupUranium, CopperOccurrence
Lobos GroupUranium, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, ThoriumOccurrence
Mineral Chief GroupCopper, TungstenUnknown

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
Kom Kug1.0 miles17
Newfield5.1 miles17
Buenos Aires5.2 miles17
Kuit Vaya5.7 miles16
Hashan Chuchg6.2 miles17
San Miguel6.4 miles17
Choulic7.7 miles16
Ak Chut Vaya8.1 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.

Wikidata item Q30594026The 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 24607. 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.