BlockKayenta, Arizona
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1883 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Kayenta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86033. The Survey maps it on the Kayenta West quadrangle. 4,670 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,702 feet above sea level.
On record in Kayenta
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Cliff Dwelling of Keet Seel, Navajo Reservation, Kayentafederal building survey, 3 photographs
Population over time
2 figuresKayenta fell from 5,189 to 4,670 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 | 5,189 | |
| 2020 | 4,670 | -519 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1883 USGS Marsh Pass quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Marsh Pass quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Marble Canyon quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Marble Canyon quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Marble Canyon quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Kayenta West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Kayenta quadrangle1:100000
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 Kayenta: 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone Occurrence | Limestone, General | Occurrence | Limestone | |
| Sand & Gravel Operation | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kayenta in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2017: 3 flash flood, 2 heavy rain, 1 tornado, 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 2017 | Flash Flood | Kayenta | - | The Arizona Department of Transportation reported that Highway 163 north of Kayenta was flooded between Mile Posts 399 and 400. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Kayenta | - | Heavy rain from a thunderstorm washed out three roads in spots between Chilchinbeto and Dennehotso. |
| August 2015 | Heavy Rain | Kayenta | - | A thunderstorm produced heavy rain north of Kayenta. Police reported water of Highway 163 at Mile Post 400. |
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Kayenta | - | Heavy rain produced flash flooding on Highway 160 near mile post 408 and on Highway 163 near mile post 400. |
| August 2011 | Heavy Rain | Kayenta | - | US Highway 160 near Kayenta was close for about an hour due to heavy rain and flash flooding at low water crossings near Kayenta. |
| May 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Kayenta | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Kayenta | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kayenta | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tsegi | 10.7 miles | 13 | |
| Baby Rocks | 13.4 miles | 17 | |
| Betatakin Overlook | 15.0 miles | 14 | |
| Chilchinbito | 16.6 miles | 13 | |
| Shonto | 22.5 miles | 13 | |
| Pinon | 43.3 miles | 15 | |
| Hard Rocks | 45.9 miles | 14 | |
| Navajo Gospel Mission | 49.6 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 Kayenta | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1253305 | 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 6627. 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.
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.