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Laguna, New Mexico

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1883 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Laguna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87026. It lies near Two Feathers Hill. The Survey maps it on the Laguna quadrangle. 1,282 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,807 feet above sea level.

Laguna within Cibola County

On record in Laguna

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

Surveyed buildings and structures 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Laguna grew from 1,241 to 1,282 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20101,241
20201,282+41 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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.

What the histories say of this town

49,406 words

1 chapter about Laguna from the published histories of the county, public domain and reproduced complete.

ChapterFrom Length
Schat-chen; History, Traditions and Naratives [sic] of the Queres IndiSchat-chen; History, Traditions and Naratives [sic] of the Queres Indians of Laguna and Acoma (1917)49,406 words in 4 parts

Photographs

8 of 12 photographs shown, 1943

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Laguna (vicinity), New Mexico. A train going around a curve along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Belen and Gallup, New Mexico
Laguna (vicinity), New Mexico. A train going around a curve along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Belen and Gallup, New Mexico
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Laguna (vicinity), New Mexico. Hills studded with dwarf cedars along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Belen and Gallup, New Mexico
Laguna (vicinity), New Mexico. Hills studded with dwarf cedars along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Belen and Gallup, New Mexico
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Laguna (vicinity), New Mexico. Indian adobe houses along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Belen and Gallup, New Mexico
Laguna (vicinity), New Mexico. Indian adobe houses along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Belen and Gallup, New Mexico
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Laguna, New Mexico. Passing through the town along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Belen and Gallup, New Mexico
Laguna, New Mexico. Passing through the town along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Belen and Gallup, New Mexico
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Indian farms and houses near Laguna, New Mexico enroute to Gallup on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad. In the background is Mount Taylor
Indian farms and houses near Laguna, New Mexico enroute to Gallup on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad. In the background is Mount Taylor
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Laguna, New Mexico. Passing the depot on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Belen and Gallup, New Mexico
Laguna, New Mexico. Passing the depot on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Belen and Gallup, New Mexico
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Laguna, New Mexico. An adobe house on the outskirts along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Belen and Gallup, New Mexico
Laguna, New Mexico. An adobe house on the outskirts along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Belen and Gallup, New Mexico
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Laguna (vicinity), New Mexico. An Indian reservation along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Belen and Gallup, New Mexico. Mount Taylor is in the background
Laguna (vicinity), New Mexico. An Indian reservation along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Belen and Gallup, New Mexico. Mount Taylor is in the background
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress

Every photograph of Cibola County

Fires near this place

216 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 216 fires within 5 miles of Laguna between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,144 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 15 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 burning53
Smoking46
Misuse of fire by a minor30
Natural18
Fireworks16
Arson/incendiarism15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use10
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Recreation and ceremony6
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencySEMI
6 September 1993Natural1.0 acresLaguna AgencyLABOR
6 September 1993Naturalunder an acreLaguna AgencyTUNNEL
29 September 2000Naturalunder an acreLaguna AgencyOLD LADY
21 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLaguna AgencyWELDER
19 September 2011Naturalunder an acreLaguna AgencyFEAST
8 August 2003Smokingunder an acreLaguna AgencyGARAGE
31 August 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLaguna AgencyDEADMAN'S CURVE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cibola County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Laguna: 10 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, Volcanic Materials. 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
Materials Pit 57-77-SLimestone, GeneralUnknown
Materials Pit 57-78-SStone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, DimensionUnknown
Mesita WellGeothermalUnknown
Name Unknown Scoria DepositVolcanic MaterialsOccurrenceScoria
Sandy DepositUraniumPast Producer
Unnamed Uranium DepositUraniumUnknown
Unnamed Uranium DepositUraniumUnknown
Unnamed Uranium DepositUraniumUnknown
Laguna Pueblo PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Materials Pit 59-2-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Cibola County

Storms near this place

3 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Laguna in 3 storm reports between 2006 and 2017: 1 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2017Thunderstorm WindLaguna-Laguna.
May 2010HailLaguna-no account filed
August 2006Flash FloodLaguna-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cibola 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
New Laguna2.1 miles18
Mesita3.9 miles18
Marmon4.6 miles18
Casa Blanca4.7 miles18
Paraje5.1 miles18
El Rito5.1 miles8
Harrisburg6.4 miles18
Philadelphia6.8 miles18

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 LagunaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q676322The 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 928750. 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.