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Armijo, New Mexico

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Albuquerque census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87105. The Survey maps it on the Albuquerque West quadrangle.

Armijo within Bernalillo County

On record in Armijo

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 within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 23 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

133 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Armijo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 622 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined96
Debris and open burning13
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
3 September 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionPADILLA
26 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionROSE
21 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionBRAV0
5 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionRIVERSIDE
3 August 2017Naturalunder an acreValle de Oro National Wildlife RefugeLAGUNITAS FIRE
24 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionDOUBLE
20 August 2011Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionROCKY RIDGE
20 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bernalillo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Armijo: 21 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Magnesite. 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
Kinney Brick PlantClayProducer
Mitchell ProspectMagnesiteProspect
Ben's PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Efren&Sons PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials Pit 60-23-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials Pit 60-61-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Riverside Constr.Co.PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Saavedra PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Schultz & Lindsay PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Sena Pit&Crusher PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working 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
Five Points1.0 miles23
Arenal1.4 miles23
San Jose1.6 miles23
Barelas1.7 miles23
Atrisco2.0 miles23
Kirtland Addition2.5 miles23
Albuquerque2.5 miles23
Old Town2.9 miles23

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.

Wikidata item Q122567764The 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 918026. 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.