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Amalia, New Mexico

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Questa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87512. It stands on Ute Creek. The Survey maps it on the Amalia quadrangle. It stands 8,146 feet above sea level.

Amalia within Taos County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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.

Photographs

3 photographs, 1940

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Young Spanish-American child. Amalia, New Mexico
Young Spanish-American child. Amalia, New Mexico
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Irrigated bean field. Amalia, New Mexico
Irrigated bean field. Amalia, New Mexico
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Home of Spanish-American farmer. Amalia, New Mexico
Home of Spanish-American farmer. Amalia, New Mexico
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

15 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Amalia between 2006 and 2020, burning about 52 acres in total. 3 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
Debris and open burning8
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
5 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCimarron District20-20040030X
18 July 2013Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionAMALIA
12 July 2017Equipment and vehicle use4.7 acresCimarron DistrictUPPER PLAZA
3 June 2012Naturalunder an acreCarson National ForestRIO
16 June 2006Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
2 May 2020Debris and open burning10 acresCimarron DistrictUTE CREEK
1 May 2020Debris and open burning4.0 acresCimarron DistrictDITCH
9 April 2012Debris and open burning1.5 acresCarson National ForestAMALIA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Taos County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Amalia: 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mica. 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
Cedros ProspectMicaProspect
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Taos 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
Ventero3.9 miles9
Costilla4.7 miles10
El Rito11.5 miles9
Sunshine11.9 miles9
Sunshine Valley12.9 miles9
Midnight (historical)13.4 miles10
Buena Vista13.5 miles9
Anchor (historical)13.8 miles10

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 AmaliaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4739387The 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 902162. 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.