BlockMexican Water, Arizona
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Sweetwater census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86514. The Survey maps it on the Mexican Water quadrangle. It stands 4,842 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 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 Mexican Water quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Rock Point quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
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 Mexican Water: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinle Wash | Limestone, General | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Chinle Wash | Limestone, General | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mexican Water in 1 storm report in 2016: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Mexican Water | - | The Arizona Department of Transportation reported water on Highway 160 between Mile Post 432 and 445. Debris were also reported on the road near Mexican Water. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexican Water Trading Post | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Tes Nez Iah | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Sand Springs | 9.4 miles | 15 | |
| Totacon | 13.8 miles | 18 | |
| Dennehotso | 13.9 miles | 19 | |
| Red Mesa | 14.4 miles | 18 | |
| Emmanuel Mission | 17.1 miles | 18 | |
| Diamond Fields | 17.1 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 Mexican Water | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6826000 | 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 24516. 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.