Zuni, New Mexico
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Gallup census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87301. It lies near Padre Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Gallup East quadrangle.
On record in Zuni
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Mission Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe de Zuni, Zuni Pueblo, Zunifederal building survey, 12 photographs
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
- 1958 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Gallup East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Gallup East quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
2 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Zuni between 2004 and 2020, burning about 1 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 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 June 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | SPRNGSTD-1 |
| 11 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Bernalillo District | 20-61770642X |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 26 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Zuni: 12 past producers, 12 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Vanadium, Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Wingate Army Depot Well | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Gallup Brick & Tile Co | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Hogback Mine | Vanadium, Uranium | Past Producer | 1950, 1951, 1960 | |
| J & S Enterprise | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Twin Buttes | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Becenti Mine | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | ||
| Diamond No. 2 Mine | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | 1952, 1953, 1970 | |
| Foutz No. 3 Mine | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | 1953, 1955 | |
| Delter Uran Deposit | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Diamond #2 Mine | Uranium | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Zuni in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2007: 3 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Zuni | $21,000 | Continued heavy rain resulted in flooding of three additional homes, along with substantial street flooding. Water inside of homes was reported at 1 to 2 feet deep. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Zuni | $7,000 | One home was initially flooded in Zuni as a result of heavy rain. |
| September 2006 | Flash Flood | Zuni | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Hail | Zuni | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rehoboth | 1.0 miles | 15 | |
| White Cliffs | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Church Rock | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Navajo Wingate Village | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| McCune | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Wingate | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Sundance | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Heaton (historical) | 5.3 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 928841. 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.









