Navajo, New Mexico
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Jicarilla Apache census division. It lies near Ishkoten Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Wirt Canyon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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 Largo quadrangle1:250000
- 1895 USGS Largo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Wirt Canyon quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Navajo Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
213 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 213 fires within 5 miles of Navajo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 17,095 acres in total. 169 started naturally. 8 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 | 169 |
| Fireworks | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Jicarilla Agency | WELDING |
| 7 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Jicarilla Agency | ROOKIE |
| 7 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Jicarilla Agency | BLACKOUT |
| 21 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Jicarilla Agency | SHOVELS |
| 19 September 2017 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Southern Ute Agency | ARCHULETA 2 |
| 18 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Jicarilla Agency | SANDSTONE |
| 18 September 2017 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Southern Ute Agency | RINCON |
| 18 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Jicarilla Agency | LAST ONE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Navajo: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 No. 58-137-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dulce | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Lumberton | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Amargo | 9.1 miles | 14 | |
| Carracas | 10.3 miles | 16 | |
| Monero | 11.4 miles | 13 | |
| Diamante (historical) | 13.1 miles | 13 | |
| Biggs (historical) | 14.6 miles | 13 | |
| Vaqueros (historical) | 14.8 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q49357425 | 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 899810. 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.







