El Morro, New Mexico
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Zuni-Ramah Navajo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87321. It lies near Obe Worthen Mesa. The Survey maps it on the El Morro quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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
- 1963 USGS El Morro quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1967 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Zuni quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS El Morro quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
78 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of El Morro between 1992 and 2020, burning about 291 acres in total. 28 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 33 |
| Natural | 28 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Ramah Navajo Agency | WELL |
| 3 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LOBO |
| 24 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Bernalillo District | STANLEY |
| 1 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ramah Navajo Agency | MILE MARKER 5 |
| 8 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Ramah Navajo Agency | EL MORRO 2 |
| 8 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Ramah Navajo Agency | DONFIRE |
| 30 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PINEHAVEN |
| 21 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | El Malpais National Monument | LARGO FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names El Morro in 3 storm reports between 1997 and 2015: 2 flash flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | El Morro | $250,000 | Heavy rains caused a barn and two pastures to be flooded. One lane of a two-lane gravel road was also washed out with many other roads seeing 3 feet deep ravines created by the heavy rain. Numerous roads around the Zuni Mountains were washed out and residents were trapped in their homes for several days until county officials could repair the roads. Phone services were also lost. |
| July 2012 | Flash Flood | El Morro | - | Reservation Road 135 was completely flooded and impassable near the intersection of Highway 53. |
| September 1997 | Hail | El Morro | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinehill | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Sand Corner | 6.1 miles | 17 | |
| Pueblito | 6.4 miles | 17 | |
| Tinaja | 6.7 miles | 17 | |
| Sawyer | 12.8 miles | 17 | |
| Aragon | 13.4 miles | 17 | |
| Copperton | 14.1 miles | 17 | |
| Paxton Springs (historical) | 15.2 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 937121. 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.
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.









