Arroyo del Agua, New Mexico
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Coyote census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87012. It stands on Salitral Creek. The Survey maps it on the Arroyo Del Agua quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1909 USGS Gallina quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Arroyo Del Agua quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Youngsville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 2002 USGS Arroyo Del Agua quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
100 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Arroyo del Agua between 1992 and 2020, burning about 135 acres in total. 48 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 48 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | SECA #1 |
| 7 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | SECA #2 |
| 29 September 2001 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | LINO |
| 25 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | PELONA |
| 2 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LOST |
| 13 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | ZIA |
| 10 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | CANONCITO |
| 8 August 2000 | Natural | 15 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | PINABETOSA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Arroyo del Agua: 5 unknowns, 5 prospects, 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Vanadium, Uranium, Copper, Copper, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pajarito Azul | Copper, Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Coyote Hill Mine | Vanadium, Uranium, Copper | Past Producer | 1954, 1955 | |
| Coyote Prospect | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Red Head #2 Mine | Vanadium, Uranium, Copper | Past Producer | 1955 | |
| Lucky Strike Mine | Vanadium, Uranium | Past Producer | 1955, 1957 | |
| Midcontinent #1 Mine | Vanadium, Uranium | Past Producer | 1955 | |
| Hillfoot No. 1 | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Jaramillo- Montoya | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Lou | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Lucky Strike | Uranium | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coyote | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Rio Puerco | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Youngsville | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Jarosa | 8.0 miles | 15 | |
| Capulin | 9.5 miles | 15 | |
| Gallina | 10.0 miles | 15 | |
| Lower Cañones | 11.0 miles | 15 | |
| Cañones | 11.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 903323. 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.







