Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Grants census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87034. It lies near Dinosaur Rock. The Survey maps it on the Acoma Pueblo quadrangle. 3,010 people lived here at the 2016 count. It stands 6,562 feet above sea level.
On record in Acoma Pueblo
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 2 records
- Pueblo of Acoma, Casa Blanca vicinity, Acoma Pueblofederal building survey, 91 photographs
- San Esteban del Rey Mission, Acoma Pueblofederal building survey, 34 photographs
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1917 USGS Broom Mountain quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Acoma Pueblo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Acoma Pueblo quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Acoma Pueblo between 2000 and 2016, burning about 31 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | RAILROAD |
| 20 September 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Laguna Agency | SAND |
| 19 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | TORIVIO |
| 22 June 2016 | Natural | 13 acres | Southern Pueblos Agency | DIRT TANK |
| 20 June 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | PORCUPINE2 |
| 20 June 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | PORCUPINE |
| 17 June 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | OL ACOMA |
| 22 May 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Southern Pueblos Agency | ACOMA VALLEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Acoma Pueblo: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gemstone, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acoma | Gemstone | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Balo Deposit | Uranium | Unknown |
Storms near this place
4 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Acoma Pueblo in 4 storm reports between 2017 and 2018: 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Acoma Pueblo | - | Tribal emergency management and trained spotters reported a small tornado producing a dusty ground circulation over open range land within Acoma Pueblo. |
| September 2017 | Hail | Acoma Pueblo | - | Nickel to quarter size hail at Acoma Pueblo. |
| September 2017 | Flash Flood | Acoma Pueblo | - | Tribal police reported flooding along Acoma Creek. |
| September 2017 | Flash Flood | Acoma Pueblo | - | Tribal police reported hail and flash flooding throughout Acoma Pueblo. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acoma Village | 0.3 miles | 8 | |
| Seama | 10.3 miles | 18 | |
| Philadelphia | 10.5 miles | 18 | |
| West Village | 10.8 miles | 18 | |
| Alaska | 10.8 miles | 18 | |
| Acomita | 11.0 miles | 18 | |
| Harrisburg | 11.3 miles | 18 | |
| North Acomita Village | 11.5 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 Acoma Pueblo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q342057 | 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 928675. 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.





