Two Grey Hills, New Mexico

18 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 87455. The Survey maps it on the Two Grey Hills quadrangle.

Two Grey Hills within San Juan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

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 Two Grey Hills quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1980 USGS Toadlena quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

7 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Two Grey Hills between 1995 and 2019, burning about 5 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 burning	3
Arson/incendiarism	2
Natural	2

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
8 July 2002	Natural	under an acre	Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management	EAST7180RD
2 July 2019	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management	TWO GREY HILLS
2 July 2006	Natural	under an acre	Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management	TWO GREY HILLS
22 May 2005	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management	TOADLENA1
29 March 2012	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management	2 GRAY HILL 1
19 October 1995	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management	TOADLENA01
13 January 2006	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management	2GREYHILS1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Newcomb

Every fire recorded in San Juan County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Two Grey Hills: 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tellurium, Iron, Thorium, Geothermal, Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Dodge-Begay	Uranium	Past Producer
Geothermal Spring	Geothermal	Occurrence
Toadlena Deposit	Tellurium, Iron, Thorium	Occurrence	1955

Every working 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Toadlena	4.8 miles	18
Newcomb	6.1 miles	20
Sheep Springs	8.1 miles	18
Tocito	11.2 miles	19
Sanostee	13.5 miles	19
Naschitti	13.5 miles	18
Little Water	15.0 miles	20
Crystal	15.8 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 902376. 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.