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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.

Skoksonak within Pima County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

6 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined3
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
15 August 1992Natural85 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
18 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Fire Rescue DistrictNOT NAMED
11 June 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined640 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
23 May 2006Natural1.5 acresPapago AgencyCOMOBABI
15 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAvra Valley Fire DistrictNOT NAMED
18 November 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoconino National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pima County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Carlo & Eclipse MinesSilica, Copper, SilverPast Producer1955, 1963
Carlo and Eclipse MinesCopper, Silica, SilverPast Producer
New Hope MineCopper, SilverProducer1941, 1942
Ramero RanchCopper, Gold, Barium-BariteProducerBarite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Malachite
Romero WellGeothermalOccurrence
Unnamed Prospect Vhse-031nManganeseOccurrence
Unnamed Prospect Vhse-036nZinc, CopperOccurrence
Unnamed Prospect Vhse-043nCopper, Lead, Vanadium, Barium-BariteOccurrenceContact Metamorphic
Unnamed Prospect Vhse-026nCopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Pyrite
Unnamed Prospect Vhse-026nCopperOccurrence

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
Quinlin4.6 miles15
Queens Well5.4 miles15
Silver Bell6.4 miles15
Silverbell9.3 miles15
Pipyak13.4 miles15
Schuchk14.3 miles19
San Pedro14.9 miles21
Avra Valley15.3 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 SkoksonakAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q30621687The 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.