BlockAmbrosia Lake, New Mexico
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1883 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Crownpoint census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87020. The Survey maps it on the Ambrosia Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 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.
- 1883 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1886 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1899 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Ambrosia Lake quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Grants quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1995 USGS Ambrosia Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Ambrosia Lake in 2002, burning under an acre in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 June 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Laguna Agency | ELKINS |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 113 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 113 workings within 5 miles of Ambrosia Lake: 41 producers, 40 past producers, 30 unknowns, 2 occurrences. 41 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Molybdenum, Molybdenum, Selenium, Uranium, Vanadium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants Perlite Mine | Perlite | Producer | ||
| Grants Uranium District: Ambrosia Lake Subdistrict | Vanadium, Uranium, Molybdenum, Selenium | Producer | 1950, 1952, 1983 | |
| Sandstone Mine | Uranium, Vanadium, Selenium, Molybdenum, Iron | Past Producer | 1956, 1959, 1980 | |
| Section 15 Mine | Uranium, Selenium, Barium-Barite, Vanadium | Producer | 1955, 1958, 1979 | |
| Section 17 Mine | Uranium, Molybdenum, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | 1960, 1980 | |
| Section 30 Mine | Uranium, Barium-Barite, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1958, 1981 | |
| Beacon Hill | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | ||
| Black Hawk and Bunney | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | ||
| Section 36 Mine | Vanadium, Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Cliffside Mine | Uranium, Vanadium, Molybdenum, Selenium | Past Producer | 1957, 1960, 1983 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Rock Ranch | 11.0 miles | 15 | |
| Piedra de la Aguila | 12.1 miles | 17 | |
| Prewitt | 12.4 miles | 17 | |
| Borrego Pass | 14.3 miles | 14 | |
| Leon | 15.8 miles | 17 | |
| Homer C Jones | 16.8 miles | 17 | |
| El Dado | 17.5 miles | 17 | |
| South Chaves | 17.6 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 903128. 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.