Aurora, New Mexico

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Villanueva census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87560. It lies near Cañon de Mucha Agua. The Survey maps it on the Aurora quadrangle.

Aurora within San Miguel County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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.

1890 USGS Bernal quadrangle1:125000
1891 USGS Bernal quadrangle1:125000
1894 USGS Bernal quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1954 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1983 USGS Villanueva quadrangle1:100000
2002 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

11 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Aurora between 1993 and 2020, burning about 168 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Debris and open burning	2
Smoking	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 July 1996	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	AURORA
21 June 2002	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	HAZMAT
15 June 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	10 acres	Bernalillo District	MM 234
22 May 2020	Smoking	1.5 acres	Las Vegas District	20-40640538X
23 April 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	SENA
5 March 1996	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	100 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	NINE BAR
30 March 2009	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	BLANCO
11 March 2014	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	ARELLANO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Miguel County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Aurora: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
	Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in San Miguel County

Storms near this place

2 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Aurora in 2 storm reports between 2006 and 2017: 1 flash flood, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
June 2017	Hail	Aurora	-	Hail up to the size of half dollars along SR-3.
July 2006	Flash Flood	Aurora	-	Heavy rain and strong runoff into Canon Blanco forced the closure of State Road 3 near Aurora. County officials also reported heavy damage to rural roads and culverts across southwest San Miguel County.

Every storm recorded in San Miguel 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Pinos Altos	3.3 miles	15
San Juan	4.4 miles	15
Gonzales Ranch	6.9 miles	15
Villanueva	9.5 miles	15
Lovato	10.2 miles	15
Sena	10.9 miles	15
El Cerrito	11.5 miles	15
La Fragua	11.8 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 903461. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.