Skoksonak, Arizona
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Tohono O'odham Nation census division. The Survey maps it on the Koht Kohl Hill quadrangle. It stands 2,205 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1934 USGS Silver Bell quadrangle1:125000
- 1956 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Vaca Hills quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Koht Kohl Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Silver Bell Mountains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Koht Kohl Hill quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Skoksonak between 1992 and 2019, burning about 727 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 | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 1992 | Natural | 85 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 18 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Fire Rescue District | NOT NAMED |
| 11 June 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 640 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 23 May 2006 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Papago Agency | COMOBABI |
| 15 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Avra Valley Fire District | NOT NAMED |
| 18 November 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Coconino National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Skoksonak: 12 occurrences, 2 producers, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Barium-Barite, Zinc, Copper, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlo & Eclipse Mines | Silica, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1955, 1963 | |
| Carlo and Eclipse Mines | Copper, Silica, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| New Hope Mine | Copper, Silver | Producer | 1941, 1942 | |
| Ramero Ranch | Copper, Gold, Barium-Barite | Producer | Barite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Malachite | |
| Romero Well | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Vhse-031n | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Vhse-036n | Zinc, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Vhse-043n | Copper, Lead, Vanadium, Barium-Barite | Occurrence | Contact Metamorphic | |
| Unnamed Prospect Vhse-026n | Copper | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Pyrite | |
| Unnamed Prospect Vhse-026n | Copper | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quinlin | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Queens Well | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Silver Bell | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Silverbell | 9.3 miles | 15 | |
| Pipyak | 13.4 miles | 15 | |
| Schuchk | 14.3 miles | 19 | |
| San Pedro | 14.9 miles | 21 | |
| Avra Valley | 15.3 miles | 16 |
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 Skoksonak | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q30621687 | 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 24619. 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.









