Navajo, New Mexico
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Navajo Nation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87328. It stands on Zilditloi Wash. The Survey maps it on the Buell Park quadrangle. 1,942 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,113 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresNavajo fell from 2,097 to 1,942 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,097 | |
| 2010 | 1,645 | -452 (-22%) |
| 2020 | 1,942 | +297 (+18%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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 Fort Defiance quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Fort Defiance quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Buell Park quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Zith-Tusayan Butte 1 NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Buell Park quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Ganado quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
106 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Navajo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 155 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 33 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Fireworks | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | NAVAJO PINE 2 |
| 5 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | TWIN SNAGS |
| 19 September 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | PINERIDGE |
| 12 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | OLD RED LAKE RD |
| 12 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | 9220 N |
| 1 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | NAVAJO PINE 1 |
| 9 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | TWINBUTTE1 |
| 6 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | FUZZY FIRE |
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 Navajo: 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Semiprecious Gemstone, Olivine, Garnet, Gemstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buell Park | Semiprecious Gemstone | Unknown | ||
| Buell Park | Olivine, Garnet, Gemstone | Producer | Peridot, Pyrope |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexican Springs | 13.2 miles | 15 | |
| Nakaibito | 13.2 miles | 15 | |
| Tohatchi | 14.7 miles | 15 | |
| Tse Bonito | 16.8 miles | 18 | |
| Twin Lakes | 19.0 miles | 13 | |
| Buffalo Springs | 20.3 miles | 13 | |
| Brimhall Nizhoni | 22.6 miles | 13 | |
| Rock Springs | 22.8 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 Navajo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1490587 | 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 933101. 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.










