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Sanostee, New Mexico

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Shiprock-Sanostee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87461. The Survey maps it on the Sanostee East quadrangle. 322 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,007 feet above sea level.

Sanostee within San Juan County

Population over time

3 figures

Sanostee fell from 429 to 322 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.

YearPeople Change
2000429
2010371-58 (-14%)
2020322-49 (-13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

12 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Sanostee between 1995 and 2020, burning about 28 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 July 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementSANOSTEE 6
25 July 1995Smoking2.5 acresNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementSANOSTEECK
18 July 2020Naturalunder an acreNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementSANOSTEE 2
10 July 2016Debris and open burning4.6 acresNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementSANOSTEE 7
23 June 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementSANOSTEE #5
7 May 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementSANOSTEE 3
6 May 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementSANOSTEE 1
4 May 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementPORCUPINE CYN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Juan County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sanostee: 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Niobium (Columbium), Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Iron, Thorium, Niobium (Columbium), REE. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Sanostee DepositTitanium, Metal, Zirconium, Iron, Thorium, Niobium (Columbium), REEOccurrence1955
Sanostee ProspectNiobium (Columbium)Producer

Every working recorded in San Juan County

Storms near this place

1 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sanostee in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2024Thunderstorm WindSanostee$2,000Thunderstorm outflow winds partially removed the roof of a residence in Little Water, New Mexico. Time estimated based on limited radar data. Property damage cost estimated.

Every storm recorded in San Juan County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Tocito5.2 miles19
Little Water8.1 miles20
Toadlena13.0 miles18
Newcomb13.1 miles20
Two Grey Hills13.5 miles18
Sheep Springs21.3 miles18
Rattlesnake23.1 miles20
Crystal26.6 miles19

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 SanosteeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1640647The 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 902349. 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.