BlockTotacon, Arizona
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Sweetwater census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86514. It stands on Kit Sili Wash. The Survey maps it on the Walker Butte quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1892 USGS Canyon De Chelly quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Dinne Mesa SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Toh-Atin Mesa quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Walker Butte quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Rock Point quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Totacon between 1997 and 2011, burning about 205 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 July 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 200 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | SWEETWATER |
| 27 June 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | SWEETWATER WASH |
| 5 May 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.5 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | WALKER CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Totacon: 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Vanadium, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unidentified Clay Occurrence | Clay | Occurrence | Clay | |
| John Lee Benally Mine | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | Tyuyamunite | |
| Johnny Mccoy No. 1 Mine | Uranium, Vanadium | Occurrence | Carnotite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmanuel Mission | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Red Mesa | 10.5 miles | 18 | |
| Mexican Water Trading Post | 10.7 miles | 15 | |
| Mexican Water | 13.8 miles | 16 | |
| Rock Point | 14.0 miles | 15 | |
| Sand Springs | 14.7 miles | 15 | |
| Tes Nez Iah | 16.3 miles | 16 | |
| Twin Falls | 17.1 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24658. 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.