Paguate, New Mexico
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1883 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Laguna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87040. The Survey maps it on the Seboyeta quadrangle. 474 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,148 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresPaguate grew from 421 to 474 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 421 | |
| 2020 | 474 | +53 (+13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1883 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1886 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1899 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Seboyeta quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Grants quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
90 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Paguate between 1992 and 2020, burning about 232 acres in total. 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Smoking | 17 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 2003 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SEBOY ROCKIE |
| 8 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 7 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Laguna Agency | LAVA |
| 1 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Laguna Agency | BIBO CREEK |
| 16 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Laguna Agency | CANYON |
| 11 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Laguna Agency | BEAR |
| 9 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Laguna Agency | SOUTH |
| 8 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Laguna Agency | DG |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Paguate: 11 unknowns, 5 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Vanadium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Vanadium, Selenium, Molybdenum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paguate Deposits | Uranium, Vanadium, Selenium, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1956, 1981 | |
| Woodrow Mine | Uranium, Vanadium, Copper, Lead, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | 1951, 1953, 1956 | |
| Materials Pit 61-31-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 61-49-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| L-Bar Deposits | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | 1956, 1976 | |
| Saint Anthony Mine | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | 1955, 1957, 1980 | |
| Alpine Miner Test Area | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| H-1 Mine | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Jj #1 | Uranium | Producer | ||
| L-Bar Uranium Mill (Facility) | Uranium | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moquino | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Bibo | 2.5 miles | 19 | |
| Cebolletita | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Seboyeta | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Encinal | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Laguna | 7.0 miles | 18 | |
| New Laguna | 7.1 miles | 18 | |
| Piedra Lumbre | 7.4 miles | 19 |
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 Paguate | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2046294 | 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 928765. 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.









