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Ancones, New Mexico

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Vallecitos census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87539. The Survey maps it on the La Madera quadrangle.

Ancones within Rio Arriba County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

87 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Ancones between 1992 and 2020, burning about 166 acres in total. 67 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
Natural67
Debris and open burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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
8 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreCarson National ForestTRASH
7 September 2016Naturalunder an acreCarson National ForestEAST ORTEGA
24 September 2005Naturalunder an acreCarson National ForestRANCHO
22 September 2015Naturalunder an acreCarson National ForestEAST ORTEGA
11 September 2005Naturalunder an acreCarson National ForestANCONES
8 August 2000Naturalunder an acreCarson National ForestROCK
7 August 2007Natural1.5 acresCarson National ForestORTEGA #2
5 August 2002Naturalunder an acreCarson National ForestROCKY RIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rio Arriba County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 89 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 89 workings within 5 miles of Ancones: 35 prospects, 30 past producers, 16 unknowns, 7 occurrences. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Geothermal, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
Alamos GroupBeryllium, Mica, REE, Thorium, Feldspar, UraniumPast Producer1870, 1875, 1950
Capitan MineMica, Uranium, Thorium, REE, BerylliumPast Producer1675, 1955
Cribbenville GroupMica, Niobium (Columbium), Bismuth, REEPast Producer1700, 1960
Cribbenville MineMica, Uranium, Thorium, REE, FeldsparPast Producer1675, 1955
FridlundREE, Bismuth, Niobium (Columbium), MicaPast Producer
Fridlund MineMica, Niobium (Columbium), Uranium, Thorium, REEPast Producer1920, 1950, 1958
Globe MineMica, Niobium (Columbium), FeldsparPast Producer1875, 1958
Globe MineLithium, Mica, Niobium (Columbium)Past Producer
La Madera MineTantalum, Niobium (Columbium), Fluorine-FluoriteUnknown
La Madera-Palomas Canyon GroupBeryllium, Mica, Uranium, Vanadium, Thorium, REE, FeldsparOccurrence1910, 1925, 1955

Every working recorded in Rio Arriba 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
La Madera2.8 miles12
La Cueva (historical)4.0 miles12
Vallecitos5.7 miles12
South Petaca5.8 miles12
Petaca6.5 miles12
El Rito8.7 miles11
Las Placitas8.7 miles11
Las Tablas9.3 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 903155. 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.