Nambe Pueblo, New Mexico
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Santa Fe North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87506. It stands on CaƱada Ancha. The Survey maps it on the Cundiyo quadrangle.
On record in Nambe Pueblo
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Pueblo of Nambelisted 1974 · 0.2 miles away
Surveyed buildings and structures 2 records
- Kiva, Nambe Pueblofederal building survey, 7 photographs
- Pueblo of Nambe, State Road 4 Vicinity, Nambe Pueblofederal building survey, 2 photographs
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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 Santa Fe quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Cundiyo quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Cundiyo quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
1 photograph,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.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
92 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Nambe Pueblo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 122 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Northern Pueblos Agency | PINES |
| 10 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | RESERVOIR |
| 10 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | SAAB |
| 1 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Las Vegas District | 20-40240216X |
| 3 August 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Albuquerque District Office | SCOUT |
| 18 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | HIGHWAY |
| 9 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | CREEKSIDE |
| 8 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CAROLS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Nambe Pueblo: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium. 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 Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| San Jose No 13 Claim | Uranium | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nambe | 1.0 miles | 16 | |
| Cuyamungue | 2.4 miles | 20 | |
| Pojoaque | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| Jacona | 4.1 miles | 20 | |
| Jaconita | 5.0 miles | 20 | |
| Chupadero | 5.2 miles | 19 | |
| En Medio | 5.3 miles | 19 | |
| Rio En Medio | 5.4 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 928762. 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.






