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Azul, New Mexico

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Belen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87002. The Survey maps it on the Belen quadrangle.

Azul within Valencia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

476 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 476 fires within 5 miles of Azul between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,257 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 14 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
Debris and open burning244
Missing data/not specified/undetermined155
Equipment and vehicle use22
Arson/incendiarism14
Natural8
Smoking8
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Fireworks2
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes2

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 2011Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionANIMAL
28 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSKUNK FIRE
21 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBernalillo DistrictHACKSAW FIRE
19 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionGROOT FIRE
14 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSERAFIN
14 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionALLSUPS
1 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionGIANT
7 August 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBernalillo District20-60380159X

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Valencia County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Azul: 4 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Materials Pit 66-1-FSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials Pit 64-1-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Tome PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Valencia 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 Constancia1.6 miles10
Adelino2.1 miles10
Los Chavez2.2 miles10
Belen2.4 miles10
La Ladera2.5 miles10
Los Trujillos3.3 miles10
Rio Communities3.3 miles10
El Cerro3.4 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 898625. 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.