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Abuelo, New Mexico

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Mora census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87732. The Survey maps it on the Mora quadrangle.

Abuelo within Mora County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

99 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Abuelo between 1993 and 2020, burning about 641 acres in total. 39 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
Natural39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Debris and open burning16
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2020Natural1.0 acresLas Vegas District21-40470263X
8 August 2005Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCHARLIE
4 August 2013Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMORPHY
4 August 2000Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionGARCIA
22 August 2013Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionROMO
2 August 2009Naturalunder an acreLas Vegas DistrictSAWYER
19 August 2013Natural1.8 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionRINCON
7 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresLas Vegas District21-40060035X

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mora County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Abuelo: 3 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mica, Beryllium. 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
Great Western MineMicaPast Producer1949, 1952
Mora Beryl ProspectBerylliumOccurrence
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Mora 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
Cañon0.5 miles16
Ledoux1.5 miles16
Pacheco Village1.7 miles16
Monte Aplanado1.9 miles16
Santa Gertrudis (historical)2.0 miles16
Cordillera2.6 miles16
Mora2.6 miles16
North Carmen3.2 miles16

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.

Wikidata item Q122558563The 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 902945. 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.