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.
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
- Domingo Tafoya Houselisted 1980
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 22 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.
- 1888 USGS Bernalillo quadrangle1:125000
- 1889 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1934 USGS Alameda quadrangle1:24000
- 1938 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Alameda quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Alameda quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1990 USGS Alameda quadrangle1:24000
- 2006 USGS Alameda quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
94 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 59 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | SHADY |
| 8 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | CASINO |
| 15 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | DENNIS |
| 8 July 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | DOLLAR |
| 7 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | APODACA |
| 6 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | JOY |
| 5 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | HAHN |
| 5 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ERINE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 34 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit #57-45-F | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Name Unknown Scoria Deposit | Volcanic Materials | Occurrence | Scoria | |
| Quartz Mine No 1 | Quartz | Unknown | ||
| Wylie Pit | Stone | Producer | ||
| American Gypsum Plant | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Crushing & Milling Sect. | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| 6026 North Second St. Plant | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| 9700 North Second Plant | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Esquire Claims 5-9 Plant | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Utility Block Co. Plant | Pumice | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2004Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2006 | Hail | Alameda | - | no account filed |
| October 2004 | Hail | Alameda | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Valley | 1.0 miles | 22 | |
| Los Ranchos de Albuquerque | 2.2 miles | 21 | |
| Lee Acres | 3.0 miles | 21 | |
| Los Griegos | 3.7 miles | 21 | |
| Hahn | 4.0 miles | 21 | |
| Paradise Hills | 4.5 miles | 21 | |
| Los Candelarias | 5.0 miles | 23 | |
| Taylor Ranch | 5.5 miles | 21 |
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 Alameda | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q37943064 | The 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.













