Utevak, Arizona
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Tohono O'odham Nation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85634. The Survey maps it on the Aguirre Peak quadrangle. It stands 2,615 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1941 USGS Presumido Peak quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Fresnal quadrangle1:125000
- 1943 USGS Presumido Peak quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Nogales quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Aguirre Peak quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1994 USGS Sells quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Utevak between 1993 and 2016, burning about 36 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Papago Agency | SAN MIGUEL FIRE |
| 7 June 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Papago Agency | SKOMELIK2 |
| 25 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Papago Agency | CHOULIC |
| 2 June 2002 | Other causes | 10 acres | Papago Agency | VAMORI2 |
| 1 June 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | COLDFIELDS |
| 31 May 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Papago Agency | SOUTHKOMEL |
| 21 May 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | VAMORI |
| 8 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | SIGNAL |
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 Utevak: 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal, Tungsten, Copper, Tungsten. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coplen | Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Grey Wolf Group | Copper, Tungsten | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Komelik | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Choulic | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Kuit Vaya | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Chutum Vaya | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Ak Chut Vaya | 5.9 miles | 16 | |
| San Miguel | 6.4 miles | 17 | |
| Kahachi Miliuk | 7.5 miles | 16 | |
| Kom Kug | 7.6 miles | 17 |
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 Q30647473 | 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 25247. 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.







