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Tse Bonito, New Mexico

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Red Rock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86515. It lies in Tse Bonito Valley. The Survey maps it on the Window Rock quadrangle. 380 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,824 feet above sea level.

Tse Bonito within McKinley County

Population over time

3 figures

Tse Bonito grew from 261 to 380 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
2000261
2010299+38 (+15%)
2020380+81 (+27%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

85 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Tse Bonito between 1992 and 2020, burning about 152 acres in total. 10 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 burning39
Natural10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Fireworks6
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking3
Other causes2

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 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementTSE BONITO
4 September 1992Other causesunder an acreNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementKTNN-SHED
3 September 2010Naturalunder an acreNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementTHSOHOTSO WASH
14 September 1995Naturalunder an acreNavajo Region Fire and Aviation Management90600RDE
14 September 1992Naturalunder an acreNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementPIGEON-SPR
11 September 2015Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementST. MICHAELS
13 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresPuerco Valley Fire Districtnot named
9 July 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementH264/N54PM

Every fire recorded in McKinley 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 Tse Bonito: 2 unknowns. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fort DefianceSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in McKinley 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
Rock Springs11.7 miles15
Defiance13.8 miles15
Yah-ta-hey14.0 miles13
Mentmore14.3 miles15
Twin Lakes14.6 miles13
Twin Buttes14.7 miles15
Mexican Springs14.7 miles15
Nakaibito14.7 miles15

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 Tse BonitoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1850538The 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 897558. 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.