Tohatchi, New Mexico
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Navajo Nation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87325. The Survey maps it on the Tohatchi quadrangle. 785 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,447 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresTohatchi fell from 1,037 to 785 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 | 1,037 | |
| 2010 | 808 | -229 (-22%) |
| 2020 | 785 | -23 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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
- 1955 USGS Tohatchi quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Tohatchi quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
17 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Tohatchi between 1996 and 2018, burning about 32 acres in total. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | PINON SPRINGS |
| 14 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | CHUSKAPEAK |
| 10 August 2005 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | RED WILLOW |
| 6 July 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | POISON IVY |
| 5 July 2002 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | DEZABLUFF1 |
| 4 July 2002 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | DEZABLUFF |
| 18 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | RED WILLOW 2 |
| 8 June 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | RED WILLOW 1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Tohatchi: 7 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Clara Pumice Pit 2 | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Nielsons Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| State Hwy Pit No. 56-12-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| State Hwy Pit No. 57-19-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| State Hwy Pit No. 58-66-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| State Hwy Pit No. 78-9-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Tohatchi Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tohatchi in 3 storm reports between 2003 and 2016: 3 flash flood. The reports record 2 deaths. 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 2016 | Flash Flood | Tohatchi | 2 killed | Father and daughter killed after entering a flooded arroyo. |
| September 2006 | Flash Flood | Tohatchi | - | no account filed |
| September 2003 | Flash Flood | Tohatchi | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexican Springs | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Nakaibito | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Buffalo Springs | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| Brimhall Nizhoni | 8.9 miles | 13 | |
| Coyote Canyon | 9.4 miles | 13 | |
| Twin Lakes | 10.4 miles | 13 | |
| Navajo | 14.7 miles | 19 | |
| Yah-ta-hey | 16.0 miles | 13 |
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 Tohatchi | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2722291 | 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 902849. 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.









