BlockLittle Water, New Mexico
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Shiprock-Sanostee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87461. The Survey maps it on the Little Water quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1889 USGS Chaco quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Chaco quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1927 USGS Sulphur Spring quadrangle1:96000
- 1928 USGS Kirtland quadrangle1:125000
- 1932 USGS Kirtland quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Little Water quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Toadlena quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Little Water between 2001 and 2020, burning about 10 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | TOCITO |
| 16 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | S LITTLEWATER |
| 30 June 2004 | Smoking | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | TOCITO-491 |
| 16 June 2008 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | LITTLE WATER |
| 22 May 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | LITTLEWATER |
| 6 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | SANOSTEE |
| 3 April 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.5 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | SANOSTEE 1 |
| 22 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Chama District | SFRR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Little Water: 3 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geothermal Spring | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Geothermal Spring | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Quarry | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Uranium Prospect | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Uranium Prospect | Uranium | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Little Water in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | Little Water | $1,000 | Flooding occurred along highway 491 at the junction of Navajo route 34 near Little Water. Vehicles were unable to pass through the area between 1000 pm and 1200 am. One vehicle was stuck and had to be pulled out. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tocito | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Sanostee | 8.1 miles | 19 | |
| Newcomb | 11.2 miles | 20 | |
| Two Grey Hills | 15.0 miles | 18 | |
| Toadlena | 17.0 miles | 18 | |
| Sheep Springs | 20.9 miles | 18 | |
| Rattlesnake | 21.7 miles | 20 | |
| Shiprock | 23.5 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 899727. 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.