Ventana, 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 85321. The Survey maps it on the Ventana quadrangle. 52 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,238 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresVentana grew from 49 to 52 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 49 | |
| 2020 | 52 | +3 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 14 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.
- 1953 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Gu Achi quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1990 USGS Ventana quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Ventana quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
10 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Ventana between 1995 and 2013, burning about 110 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 July 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Phoenix District Office | VELKO |
| 3 June 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Papago Agency | ROSA |
| 3 June 1995 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Papago Agency | VENTENNA |
| 19 June 1995 | Debris and open burning | 102 acres | Papago Agency | VENTANA02 |
| 1 June 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | ROUTE 34 |
| 17 May 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | CATARACT |
| 6 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Papago Agency | VENTA |
| 18 December 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | DOT |
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Ventana: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Geothermal, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isabella Mine | Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1910 | |
| Isabella Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Isabella Well | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Gold, Silver | Prospect |
Storms near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ventana in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ventana | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged roofs to two homes in Ventana. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vaya Chin | 9.3 miles | 13 | |
| Oit Ihuk | 10.4 miles | 14 | |
| Anegam | 13.0 miles | 14 | |
| Emika | 13.1 miles | 13 | |
| Noipa Kam | 13.5 miles | 14 | |
| Hickiwan | 14.0 miles | 13 | |
| Tatai Toak | 14.3 miles | 13 | |
| Palo Verde Stand | 14.3 miles | 14 |
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 Ventana | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28385 | 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 13212. 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.










