BlockSweetwater, Arizona
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 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 Barajita Valley. The Survey maps it on the Pia Oik quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Sonoyta quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Diaz Peak quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Lukeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Pia Oik quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Lukeville quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Pia Oik quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Sweetwater between 1992 and 2013, burning about 2 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 June 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Papago Agency | SHERM |
| 13 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Papago Agency | YARD |
| 17 May 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Papago Agency | PIAOIK |
| 22 January 1992 | Smoking | under an acre | Papago Agency | HWY86#2 |
| 21 January 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | GU VO FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sweetwater: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Well | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sweetwater in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sweetwater | $25,000 | Tohono O'odham Nation Emergency Manager reported thunderstorm winds caused structural damage to two homes in Lukeville. One home suffered minor roof damage while the other home suffered a partial roof collapse. Another home was damaged in the Gu Vo District of the Tohono O'odham. The home had damage to the roof and walls. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sweetwater | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds damage the roof of one home in Pia Oik and two in Gu Vo. |
| July 2019 | Flash Flood | Sweetwater | - | Flash flooding made Rt 1 between Gu Vo and Ali Chuk impassable at mile post two and mile post 7. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Sweetwater | - | Flooding occurred south of Gu Vo. Many roads including Indian Route 1 were impassable. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Siovi Shuatak | 1.0 miles | 8 | |
| Pia Oik | 2.4 miles | 8 | |
| Gu Vo | 7.3 miles | 14 | |
| Ali Ak Chin | 7.5 miles | 8 | |
| Ali Chuk | 10.2 miles | 8 | |
| Kom Vo | 12.5 miles | 8 | |
| Kuakatch | 12.9 miles | 14 | |
| Tatk Kam Vo | 12.9 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 12049. 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.