Biggs, New Mexico

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Tierra Amarilla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87520. It lies near Boyer Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Monero quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Biggs within Rio Arriba County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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.

1954 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1955 USGS Lumberton quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1958 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Chama quadrangle1:100000
1983 USGS Monero quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

72 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Biggs (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. 61 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
Natural	61
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Debris and open burning	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
9 September 2014	Natural	under an acre	Jicarilla Agency	GOMEZ RANCH
8 September 2003	Natural	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	STRAIGHTUP
5 September 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Chama District	20-10210227X
4 September 2003	Natural	under an acre	Jicarilla Agency	HARDLINE
20 September 2000	Natural	1.2 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	GROUSE
19 September 2013	Natural	under an acre	Jicarilla Agency	HUMPHRIES
19 September 2013	Natural	under an acre	Jicarilla Agency	MONERO
15 September 2009	Natural	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	SANCHEZ

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rio Arriba County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Biggs (historical): 3 prospects. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Materials Pit No. 58-91-S	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Prospect
Materials Pit No. 70-12-S	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Prospect
Materials Pit No. 70-14-S	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Prospect

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Diamante (historical)	2.3 miles	13
Monero	3.4 miles	13
Amargo	5.7 miles	14
Willow Creek	7.6 miles	14
Lumberton	7.9 miles	14
Dulce	11.1 miles	14
Chama	11.3 miles	14
Lobato	13.7 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 901701. 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.