Jamestown, New Mexico
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Red Rock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87347. It lies near Fourmile Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Ciniza quadrangle. 317 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,041 feet above sea level.
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 Ciniza quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Zuni quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Ciniza quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Jamestown between 1994 and 2020, burning about 11 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 1 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2009 | Natural | 5.7 acres | Cibola National Forest | FT. WINGATE |
| 4 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | WINGATE |
| 3 August 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | RON |
| 23 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BAROMETER |
| 22 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | FOR MILE |
| 1 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | FOSTER |
| 5 July 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | not named |
| 29 July 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Jamestown: 8 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Pumice. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio No. 1- 8 Placer Claims | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Proj. Adap 8-35-0019-01 | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Rock Pit | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Brown Const. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Iyanbito Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Iyanbito Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| State Hwy Pit No 57-35-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ciniza | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| South Guam | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| North Guam | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Iyanbito | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Coolidge | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Perea | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Fort Wingate | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Wingate | 6.2 miles | 15 |
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 Jamestown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14705996 | 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 2806722. 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.









