Many Farms, Arizona
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Chinle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86538. It stands on Black Mountain Wash. The Survey maps it on the Many Farms quadrangle. 1,243 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,308 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMany Farms fell from 1,348 to 1,243 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 | 1,348 | |
| 2020 | 1,243 | -105 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1892 USGS Canyon De Chelly quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Many Farms quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Canyon De Chelly quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Many Farms between 1992 and 2019, burning about 15 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 |
|---|---|
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Puerco Valley Fire District | NOT NAMED |
| 30 July 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | 7170-SOUTH |
| 2 July 1992 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | MANYFRM-SE |
| 6 June 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | MANYFARMS2 |
| 5 June 1994 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | MANYFARMS1 |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Many Farms: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
5 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Many Farms in 5 storm reports between 2010 and 2022: 2 funnel cloud, 1 tornado, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2013 | Lightning | Many Farms | $7,500 | Fifteen sheep were killed by lightning. Time and location are estimates. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Many Farms | - | Major flooding was reported north of Many Farms Lake. |
| August 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Many Farms | - | A funnel cloud was seen from Many Farms. It reached about halfway to the ground then dissipated. |
| August 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Many Farms | - | Navajo Police Department observed a funnel cloud west of Many Farms. |
| August 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Many Farms | - | A land spout type tornado was confirmed via a photograph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coyote Springs | 8.2 miles | 14 | |
| Round Rock | 13.5 miles | 18 | |
| Rough Rock | 14.0 miles | 14 | |
| Chinle | 14.1 miles | 15 | |
| Del Muerto | 14.8 miles | 17 | |
| Junction Overlook | 16.3 miles | 17 | |
| Tahchee | 17.0 miles | 14 | |
| Lukachukai | 21.1 miles | 17 |
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 Many Farms | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1891946 | 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 7659. 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.





