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Alameda, New Mexico

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 2006. It stands in the Albuquerque census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87114. It stands on Arroyo de Domingo Baca. The Survey maps it on the Alameda quadrangle. It stands 5,003 feet above sea level.

Alameda within Bernalillo County

On record in Alameda

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 22 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

94 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Alameda between 1992 and 2019, burning about 512 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined59
Debris and open burning13
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
29 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencySHADY
8 August 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencyCASINO
15 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionDENNIS
8 July 2005Smokingunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencyDOLLAR
7 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionAPODACA
6 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionJOY
5 July 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionHAHN
5 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionERINE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bernalillo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Alameda: 16 producers, 12 unknowns, 5 past producers, 1 occurrence. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Volcanic Materials. 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
Materials Pit #57-45-FClayUnknown
Name Unknown Scoria DepositVolcanic MaterialsOccurrenceScoria
Quartz Mine No 1QuartzUnknown
Wylie PitStoneProducer
American Gypsum PlantGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Crushing & Milling Sect.Gypsum-AnhydriteProducer
6026 North Second St. PlantPumiceUnknown
9700 North Second PlantPumiceUnknown
Esquire Claims 5-9 PlantPumiceProducer
Utility Block Co. PlantPumiceProducer

Every working recorded in Bernalillo County

Storms near this place

2 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alameda in 2 storm reports between 2004 and 2006: 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2006HailAlameda-no account filed
October 2004HailAlameda-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bernalillo 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
North Valley1.0 miles22
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque2.2 miles21
Lee Acres3.0 miles21
Los Griegos3.7 miles21
Hahn4.0 miles21
Paradise Hills4.5 miles21
Los Candelarias5.0 miles23
Taylor Ranch5.5 miles21

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 AlamedaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q37943064The 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 903031. 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.