Wickchoupai, Arizona
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 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 Ko Vaya quadrangle. It stands 2,484 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1934 USGS Silver Bell quadrangle1:125000
- 1937 USGS Comobabi quadrangle1:48000
- 1937 USGS Comobabi quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1942 USGS Comobabi quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Ko Vaya quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Silver Bell Mountains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
23 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Wickchoupai between 1992 and 2016, burning about 10 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/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Papago Agency | CAREER |
| 8 July 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Papago Agency | HWY86-MP97 |
| 28 June 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Kaibab National Forest | SYCAMORE |
| 26 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Papago Agency | STOCK |
| 25 June 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Papago Agency | WHITE |
| 14 June 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Papago Agency | COYOTE #1 |
| 14 June 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Papago Agency | COYOTE #2 |
| 14 June 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Papago Agency | COYOTE #3 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 63 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 63 workings within 5 miles of Wickchoupai: 35 past producers, 11 producers, 8 unknowns, 6 occurrences. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Silver, Silver, Copper, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cunquian Mine | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Emperor and Duchess Mines | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| High Card Mine | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Molybdenum | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Mildren Mine | Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc, Vanadium, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1932, 1941 | |
| Mildren Mine Group | Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper, Vanadium, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Picacho Mill | Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Picacho Mine | Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Producer | 1850, 1965 | |
| Picacho Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Picacho Peak Placer | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Rochester Group | Copper, Gold, Lead | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wickchoupai in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 1 flash flood, 1 flood. The reports record 3 deaths. 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 2008 | Flash Flood | Wickchoupai | 3 killed | Swift water rescue was attempted at Sells Wash near Sells. The vehicle was washed away attempting to cross wash. Three people died and two were rescued. |
| August 2021 | Flood | Wickchoupai | - | More than 1.5 of rain in 3 hours caused the Artesia Wash to flow swiftly and to flood Highway 86 west of Sells. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Cruz | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Nolic | 2.7 miles | 18 | |
| Santa Lucia | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Rincon | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Ko Vaya | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| San Luis | 5.6 miles | 18 | |
| Sells | 6.7 miles | 17 | |
| Comobabi | 7.5 miles | 19 |
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 Wickchoupai | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q38249500 | 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 24689. 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.










