Pinedale, New Mexico
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Red Rock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87311. The Survey maps it on the Pinedale quadrangle. 485 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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 Wingate quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Wingate quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Pinedale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Pinedale between 2011 and 2012, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 June 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | POSE |
| 20 May 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | PINEDALE 1ST CYN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Pinedale: 5 unknowns, 4 past producers, 1 plant, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Vanadium, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Occurrence | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | Podiform | |
| Westwater No. 1 Mine | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | 1957, 1960 | |
| Blm Mineral Sale MS Nm-016-85-6 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Kent Nowlin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Prospect 2 Uran Deposit | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Pyramid Group | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Section 21 Uran Deposit | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Section 22 Uran Deposit | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Section 23 Uran Deposit | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| United Nuclear Uranium Mill (Facility) | Uranium | Plant |
Storms near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pinedale in 1 storm report in 2009: 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Pinedale | $5,000 | A vehicle was washed away in an arroyo near the intersection of Second Canyon Road and Highway N11-49 (also called Navajo Service Route 11). |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iyanbito | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Mariano Lake | 6.9 miles | 14 | |
| Perea | 7.8 miles | 15 | |
| Ciniza | 7.9 miles | 17 | |
| Wingate | 8.1 miles | 15 | |
| Jamestown | 8.6 miles | 17 | |
| North Guam | 8.9 miles | 16 | |
| Navajo Wingate Village | 8.9 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 Pinedale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7195480 | 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 902839. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.








