Adamana, Arizona
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Puerco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86028. The Survey maps it on the Adamana quadrangle. It stands 5,305 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1886 USGS St Johns quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS St Johns quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1912 USGS Petrified Forest quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Saint Johns quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Petrified Forest quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Saint Johns quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Saint Johns quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Saint Johns quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Saint Johns quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Adamana quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Adamana between 1995 and 2019, burning about 16 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 | 7 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | CARRIZO |
| 1 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Puerco Valley Fire District | NOT NAMED |
| 27 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Puerco Valley Fire District | NOT NAMED |
| 23 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northeast District | ADAMANA |
| 8 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northeast District | WASHBOARD |
| 8 April 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Petrified Forest National Park | NINEMILE |
| 7 March 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Petrified Forest National Park | TRUCK FIRE |
| 25 January 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Petrified Forest National Park | TIRE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Adamana: 3 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Helium, Halite, Halite, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kern County Land Company Drill Hole | Helium, Halite, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Potassium | Occurrence | 1964 | |
| Unidentified Halite Occurrence | Halite | Occurrence | Halite | |
| Franklin,Aston & Fair C-1 Nma | Helium | Past Producer | ||
| Curry Jones Prospect | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Uranium Deposit | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Uranium Deposits | Uranium | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Adamana in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2010: 1 heavy rain, 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adamana | - | Damaging thunderstorm winds hit the Petrified Forest National Park. Stop signs were blown down and small trees were snapped. A wind sensor measured a peak wind gust of 107 MPH. |
| January 2008 | Heavy Rain | Adamana | - | Heavy rain and melting snow caused may of the roads across Navajo Nation to become impassible. A state of emergency was declared from January 29 to March 31st. The Navajo Nation Council allocated $25,000 emergency funds for each of the Chapters. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paulcell Place | 1.0 miles | 18 | |
| Pinta | 12.5 miles | 15 | |
| Potter Place | 14.4 miles | 16 | |
| Milky Ranch | 14.6 miles | 16 | |
| Navajo | 18.2 miles | 15 | |
| Tanner Springs | 22.7 miles | 15 | |
| Chambers | 25.3 miles | 15 | |
| Hunt | 27.3 miles | 18 |
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 Adamana | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4680098 | 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 479. 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.









