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Agua, New Mexico

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1990. It lies in ZIP code area 87047. The Survey maps it on the San Pedro quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Agua within Santa Fe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

30 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Agua (historical) between 1993 and 2019, burning about 38 acres in total. 16 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
Natural16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
21 August 2011Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSTORM
15 August 2000Natural5.0 acresCibola National ForestSAN PEDRO CREEK
10 August 2003Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionLIVING WATER
6 July 2012Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionPUERTOCITA
5 July 2012Natural1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionS. MOUNTAIN
5 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionGILDEN
3 July 2001Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
26 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCIAIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Fe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Agua (historical): 12 past producers, 8 unknowns, 5 prospects, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Gold, Silver. 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
CarnahanManganesePast Producer1955
Carnahan MineZinc, Lead, Manganese, Silver, GoldPast Producer1885, 1955
Diamond Tail ProjectUraniumProspect
Old TimerSilver, GoldUnknown
San FrancisoZinc, Lead, Gold, Copper, SilverProducer
San Pedro GarnetGarnetProspectMetamorphic
Shamrock MineCopper, TungstenPast Producer
Adams MineCopper, Gold, SilverUnknown
Fuzzy Jim ClaimIronProspect
Las VegasIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Santa Fe 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
San Pedro2.0 miles19
Golden2.2 miles18
Cedar Grove5.9 miles19
Hyer7.0 miles16
Ortiz (historical)8.0 miles18
Dolores (historical)9.5 miles17
Thunder Mountain11.1 miles19
Madrid12.2 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 902790. 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.