BlockTsaya, New Mexico
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Napi Headquarters census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87499. It lies in Tsaya Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Tanner Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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
- 1954 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Tanner Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Toadlena quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Tsaya in 1998, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 June 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | ASAAYI 1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Tsaya: 6 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaco Wash Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tsaya in 2 storm reports in 2022: 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Tsaya | $75,000 | The San Juan County emergency manager reported flash flooding at Chaco National Park. High water rises were reported along the Chaco River, and one unknown roadway within the park was completely destroyed. Time of this report is estimated based on radar, and damages are also estimated. |
| September 2022 | Tornado (EFU) | Tsaya | - | A landspout tornado formed briefly about 10 miles north of Lake Valley, NM near State Road 371. No injuries or damage occurred with this storm. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Valley | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| White Rock | 6.0 miles | 18 | |
| Kimbeto | 18.0 miles | 14 | |
| Nageezi | 24.7 miles | 15 | |
| Naschitti | 27.3 miles | 18 | |
| Huerfano | 28.2 miles | 17 | |
| Sheep Springs | 28.4 miles | 18 | |
| Newcomb | 30.1 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 899963. 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.