BlockChi Chil Tah, New Mexico
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Red Rock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87326. The Survey maps it on the Chi Chil Tah quadrangle. It stands 6,762 feet above sea level.
On record in Chi Chil Tah
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Cousins Bros. Trading Postlisted 2006
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1886 USGS Wingate quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Wingate quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Chi Chil Tah quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Zuni quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Chi Chil Tah between 1993 and 2005, burning about 1 acre in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | VANDEWAGON |
| 18 July 2003 | Other causes | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | CHICHILTAH |
| 14 July 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | JONESRCH#1 |
| 29 June 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | CHICHILTAH |
| 24 June 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | CHICHILTAH |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderwagen | 8.3 miles | 14 | |
| Zuni Pueblo | 12.6 miles | 15 | |
| Black Rock | 12.7 miles | 15 | |
| Manuelito | 12.7 miles | 15 | |
| Pinehaven | 13.8 miles | 16 | |
| Tekapo | 15.8 miles | 13 | |
| Red Rock | 16.3 miles | 15 | |
| Bread Springs | 16.4 miles | 16 |
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 Chi Chil Tah | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4957415 | 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 902802. 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.