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.
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
- Meeting House, Lagunafederal building survey, 5 photographs
- Pueblo of Laguna, Lagunafederal building survey, 1 photograph
- San Jose de Laguna Mission Church & Convento, Lagunafederal building survey, 23 photographs
Population over time
2 figuresLaguna 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,241 | |
| 2020 | 1,282 | +41 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1883 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1886 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1899 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Laguna quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Grants quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
What the histories say of this town
49,406 words1 chapter about Laguna from the published histories of the county, public domain and reproduced complete.
| Chapter | From | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Schat-chen; History, Traditions and Naratives [sic] of the Queres Indi | Schat-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, 1943Taken 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.
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Every photograph of Cibola County
Fires near this place
216 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 53 |
| Smoking | 46 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 30 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Fireworks | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | SEMI |
| 6 September 1993 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Laguna Agency | LABOR |
| 6 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Laguna Agency | TUNNEL |
| 29 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Laguna Agency | OLD LADY |
| 21 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Laguna Agency | WELDER |
| 19 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Laguna Agency | FEAST |
| 8 August 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | Laguna Agency | GARAGE |
| 31 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Laguna Agency | DEADMAN'S CURVE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit 57-77-S | Limestone, General | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 57-78-S | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Mesita Well | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Name Unknown Scoria Deposit | Volcanic Materials | Occurrence | Scoria | |
| Sandy Deposit | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Uranium Deposit | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Uranium Deposit | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Uranium Deposit | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Laguna Pueblo Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Materials Pit 59-2-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
3 since 2006Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Laguna | - | Laguna. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Laguna | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Flash Flood | Laguna | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Laguna | 2.1 miles | 18 | |
| Mesita | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Marmon | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Casa Blanca | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Paraje | 5.1 miles | 18 | |
| El Rito | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Harrisburg | 6.4 miles | 18 | |
| Philadelphia | 6.8 miles | 18 |
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 Laguna | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q676322 | 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 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.









