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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.

Arroyo del Agua within Rio Arriba County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

100 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Recreation and ceremony13
Debris and open burning11
Arson/incendiarism5
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
7 September 1995Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestSECA #1
7 September 1995Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestSECA #2
29 September 2001Natural5.0 acresSanta Fe National ForestLINO
25 September 1995Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestPELONA
2 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionLOST
13 September 1996Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestZIA
10 September 1996Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestCANONCITO
8 August 2000Natural15 acresSanta Fe National ForestPINABETOSA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rio Arriba County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Pajarito AzulCopper, UraniumUnknown
Coyote Hill MineVanadium, Uranium, CopperPast Producer1954, 1955
Coyote ProspectCopperProspect
Red Head #2 MineVanadium, Uranium, CopperPast Producer1955
Lucky Strike MineVanadium, UraniumPast Producer1955, 1957
Midcontinent #1 MineVanadium, UraniumPast Producer1955
Hillfoot No. 1UraniumProspect
Jaramillo- MontoyaUraniumUnknown
LouUraniumUnknown
Lucky StrikeUraniumUnknown

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
Coyote2.0 miles15
Rio Puerco5.0 miles15
Youngsville5.4 miles15
Jarosa8.0 miles15
Capulin9.5 miles15
Gallina10.0 miles15
Lower Cañones11.0 miles15
Cañones11.4 miles15

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.