Wahak Hotrontk, 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 Hickiwan Wash. The Survey maps it on the Wahak Hotrontk quadrangle. 88 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,939 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWahak Hotrontk fell from 114 to 88 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 | 114 | |
| 2020 | 88 | -26 (-23%) |
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 Pisinimo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Ajo quadrangle1:250000
- 1990 USGS Wahak Hotrontk quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Wahak Hotrontk quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
14 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Wahak Hotrontk between 1994 and 2014, burning about 6 acres in total. 2 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 | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Papago Agency | DISTRICT |
| 1 August 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Papago Agency | HWY8606 |
| 15 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Papago Agency | BUZZARD FIRE |
| 25 June 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | SAN SIMON |
| 7 May 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Papago Agency | HWY86-74 |
| 4 May 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Papago Agency | BENNETT |
| 9 April 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Papago Agency | DAMS |
| 4 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Papago Agency | BLANCA |
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 Wahak Hotrontk: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Tracys Well | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| San Simon Well | Geothermal | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
4 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wahak Hotrontk in 4 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wahak Hotrontk | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed power poles in Pisinimo and Hickiwan Districts on the Tohono O'odham Nation. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wahak Hotrontk | $8,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed 3 power poles in the San Simon, Kuakatch and Charco 27 areas. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Wahak Hotrontk | - | Spotter reported penny to nickel sized hail. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Wahak Hotrontk | - | Heavy rain of 2 to 3 inches fell along the Hickiwan Wash between 2 and 4 pm and downstream along the San Simon Wash between the between 4 and 6 pm. The San Simon Wash flowed rapidly across Highway 86, and Indian Routes 28 and 21 downstream, causing all these roads to be closed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stotonyak | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Ahan Owuch | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Komak Wuacho | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Peach Pu | 8.8 miles | 14 | |
| Pisinemo | 10.3 miles | 14 | |
| Pisinimo | 10.5 miles | 14 | |
| Oit Ihuk | 11.2 miles | 14 | |
| Vaya Chin | 11.5 miles | 13 |
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 Wahak Hotrontk | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28403 | 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 13276. 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.










