Acomita, New Mexico
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1883 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Grants census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87034. It lies near Mesa Hill. The Survey maps it on the Cubero quadrangle.
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.
- 1883 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1886 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1899 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Cubero quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Grants quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
Photographs
6 photographs, 1943Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
167 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 167 fires within 5 miles of Acomita between 1992 and 2020, burning about 552 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 were 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 | 101 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Fireworks | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | CANIPA |
| 23 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Laguna Agency | TRUCKER |
| 9 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Laguna Agency | INTERSTATE |
| 29 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Laguna Agency | SHINGLE |
| 19 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Laguna Agency | M/M 106 |
| 10 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.3 acres | Laguna Agency | FLOWER MTN. |
| 7 July 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Laguna Agency | SHOP |
| 7 July 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Laguna Agency | YORK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Acomita: 3 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cubero Land Grant Association Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Materials Pit 61-23-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 62-28-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| San Fidel Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Acomita in 2 storm reports between 2000 and 2018: 2 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Village | 0.6 miles | 18 | |
| North Acomita Village | 0.6 miles | 18 | |
| Alaska | 1.3 miles | 18 | |
| San Fidel | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| New York | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Acomita Lake | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Villa de Cubero | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Budville | 2.6 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.
| Wikidata item Q122563870 | 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 898714. 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.









