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Vainom Kug, Arizona

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Tohono O'odham Nation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85634. It stands on Sikul Himatk Wash. The Survey maps it on the Vainom Kug quadrangle. It stands 2,064 feet above sea level.

Vainom Kug within Pima County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 14 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

22 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Vainom Kug between 2005 and 2017, burning about 523 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined13
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural1
Firearms and explosives use1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
4 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined500 acresGreen Valley Fire Districtnot named
20 July 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresPapago AgencyFT. APACHE FIRE
13 July 2005Debris and open burningunder an acrePapago AgencyNOPOWER
28 June 2013Naturalunder an acreKaibab National ForestSYCAMORE
14 June 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePapago AgencyCOYOTE #1
14 June 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePapago AgencyCOYOTE #2
14 June 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePapago AgencyCOYOTE #3
9 May 2009Firearms and explosives use10 acresPhoenix District OfficeWILLOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pima County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Vainom Kug: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Silver, Gold, Silver. 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
Ben Lomand MinesGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, ZincProducer1885
Ben Lomand MinesGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Horseshoe PlacersGold, SilverProducer1774
UnknownGeothermalOccurrence
Padres HesterCopper, SilverPast Producer
Prize MineCopper, SilverPast Producer

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
Kui Tatk1.4 miles14
Kaihon Kug2.4 miles14
Sikul Himatk4.9 miles14
Piato Vaya5.3 miles14
Nolic5.6 miles18
Santa Lucia5.9 miles18
San Luis5.9 miles18
Quijotoa7.0 miles14

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 Vainom KugAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q38249269The 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 24670. 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.