Cudei, New Mexico

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Shiprock-Sanostee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87420. It stands on Malpais Arroyo. The Survey maps it on the Rattlesnake quadrangle.

Cudei within San Juan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 printed sheets

Matched 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.

1889 USGS Chaco quadrangle1:250000
1892 USGS Chaco quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1934 USGS Rattlesnake quadrangle1:62500
1937 USGS Rattlesnake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1954 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1958 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1983 USGS Rattlesnake quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

150 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Cudei between 2002 and 2020, burning about 1,584 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 21 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	108
Arson/incendiarism	21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Fireworks	2
Natural	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
27 September 2020	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management	3RD LANE 1
16 September 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management	MESA FARM 13
15 September 2020	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management	5TH LANE 5
29 August 2020	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management	5TH LANE 4
19 August 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management	MESA FARM 2
9 July 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management	SHIPROCK 8
8 July 2020	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management	MALPAIS ARROYO 2
7 July 2009	Fireworks	12 acres	Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management	CUDEI 1 FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Shiprock

Every fire recorded in San Juan County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Cudei: 3 unknowns. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Pit No 67-32-S	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in San Juan County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Shiprock	6.9 miles	19
Rattlesnake	7.2 miles	20
Beclabito	12.9 miles	18
Waterflow	17.0 miles	18
Cottonwood	20.3 miles	18
Nenahnezad	20.8 miles	21
Fruitland	21.8 miles	21
Kirtland	23.7 miles	20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 899596. 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.