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Iyanbito, 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 87316. The Survey maps it on the Pinedale quadrangle.

Iyanbito within McKinley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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.

Fires near this place

7 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Iyanbito between 1995 and 2020, burning about 9 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2009Natural5.7 acresCibola National ForestFT. WINGATE
3 August 1995Smokingunder an acreCibola National ForestRON
1 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresBernalillo District21-60020008X
21 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBernalillo District20-61880691X
20 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresBernalillo District20-61870690X
15 June 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementSPRNGSTD-1
20 October 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBernalillo District21-60840302X

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McKinley County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Iyanbito: 12 unknowns, 9 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Vanadium, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Proj. Adap 8-35-0019-01StoneUnknown
San Antonio No. 1- 8 Placer ClaimsPumicePast Producer
Foutz No. 1 and No. 2 MinesUranium, VanadiumPast Producer1953, 1954
Westwater No. 1 MineUranium, VanadiumPast Producer1957, 1960
Brown Const. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Iyanbito PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in McKinley County

Storms near this place

2 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Iyanbito in 2 storm reports in 2010: 2 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2010Flash FloodIyanbito$20,000Sweetwater, Iyanbito, and Dakota Loop Roads in Iyanbito were washed out due to flash flooding.
August 2010Flash FloodIyanbito$20,000Sweetwater, Iyanbito and Dakota Loop Roads were washed out due to flash flooding in Iyanbito for the second time in two days.

Every storm recorded in McKinley 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Perea2.5 miles15
Wingate3.6 miles15
Jamestown3.7 miles17
Ciniza3.7 miles17
Fort Wingate5.0 miles16
Pinedale5.9 miles14
North Guam6.0 miles16
McCune6.0 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 899682. 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.