Agua Zarca, New Mexico

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Pecos census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87701. It lies near Abeyta Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Ojitos Frios quadrangle.

Agua Zarca within San Miguel County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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 Las Vegas quadrangle1:125000
1891 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:125000
1893 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1954 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Ojitos Frios quadrangle1:24000
1983 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:100000
2002 USGS Ojitos Frios quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

95 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Agua Zarca between 1994 and 2020, burning about 436 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 1 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	49
Natural	30
Debris and open burning	5
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Arson/incendiarism	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Recreation and ceremony	1
Smoking	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
10 September 2000	Natural	2.0 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	MINERAL FIRE
8 August 2005	Natural	2.0 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	BARNETT
7 August 2008	Natural	under an acre	Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge	RANGE UNIT 7
7 August 2003	Natural	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	PETERSON
30 August 2000	Natural	under an acre	Santa Fe National Forest	RUIDOSO
29 August 2002	Natural	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	OWL
14 August 2012	Natural	1.3 acres	Las Vegas District	ALAMITO
12 August 2003	Natural	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	LUCERO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Miguel County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Agua Zarca: 6 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Marquez 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
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in San Miguel 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
Las Vegas Town	2.7 miles	15
Romero	3.1 miles	14
Romeroville	3.1 miles	14
Las Vegas	3.3 miles	14
La Manga	3.7 miles	15
Ojitos Frios	4.0 miles	15
Lagunas	4.2 miles	15
East Las Vegas (historical)	4.4 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 903021. 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.