Ojo Amarillo, New Mexico
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Nenahnezad-Burnham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87416. The Survey maps it on the Kirtland quadrangle. 696 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,410 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresOjo Amarillo fell from 829 to 696 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 | 829 | |
| 2010 | 766 | -63 (-8%) |
| 2020 | 696 | -70 (-9%) |
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 Kirtland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
116 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Ojo Amarillo between 2000 and 2020, burning about 1,016 acres in total. None 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 | 84 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 | NENAHNEZAD 3 |
| 2 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | NENAHNEZAD 9 |
| 31 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | REGION 2 |
| 3 August 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.4 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | NENAHNEZAD 6 |
| 21 August 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.1 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | NAPI 2 |
| 10 August 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | NE MORGAN LAKE |
| 8 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | UPPER FRUITLAND 8 |
| 8 July 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | N36 2ND LANE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Ojo Amarillo: 4 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lookout | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Harper Hill Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Richey Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirtland | 2.9 miles | 20 | |
| Upper Fruitland | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Fruitland | 3.5 miles | 21 | |
| Nenahnezad | 3.9 miles | 21 | |
| Waterflow | 7.5 miles | 18 | |
| Farmington | 8.3 miles | 18 | |
| Totah Vista | 9.0 miles | 18 | |
| Cottonwood | 12.5 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 Ojo Amarillo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q258261 | 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 1867387. 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.









