Waterflow, New Mexico
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Farmington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87421. It stands on Shumway Arroyo. The Survey maps it on the Waterflow quadrangle. 1,554 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,062 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWaterflow fell from 1,670 to 1,554 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,670 | |
| 2020 | 1,554 | -116 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 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
- 1963 USGS Waterflow quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
160 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 160 fires within 5 miles of Waterflow between 2001 and 2020, burning about 598 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 28 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 | 113 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | NENAHNEZAD 3 |
| 2 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | NENAHNEZAD 9 |
| 11 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | SAN JUAN 5 |
| 3 August 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.4 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | NENAHNEZAD 6 |
| 10 August 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | NE MORGAN LAKE |
| 7 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | HOGBACK 4 |
| 6 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | NENAHNEZAD 13 |
| 5 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | SAN JUAN 5 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Waterflow: 6 unknowns, 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Limestone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hogback Claims | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Lookout | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Caudell Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Pit 77-17-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pit 78-28-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Richey Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waterflow in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2017 | Hail | Waterflow | - | Dime to quarter size hail reported near Fruitland and Nenahnezad. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nenahnezad | 3.7 miles | 21 | |
| Fruitland | 4.8 miles | 21 | |
| Kirtland | 6.7 miles | 20 | |
| Ojo Amarillo | 7.5 miles | 20 | |
| Cottonwood | 9.2 miles | 18 | |
| Upper Fruitland | 9.4 miles | 20 | |
| Shiprock | 11.0 miles | 19 | |
| Farmington | 14.1 miles | 18 |
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 Waterflow | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7973991 | 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 902386. 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.






