Broncho, New Mexico

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Mountainair-Encino census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87036. It lies near Tabet Draw. The Survey maps it on the Mountainair quadrangle.

Broncho within Torrance County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

1917 USGS Estancia quadrangle1:125000
1954 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Mountainair quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
1979 USGS Belen quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Mountainair quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

15 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Broncho between 1994 and 2011, burning about 37 acres in total. 7 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	7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
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
10 September 2007	Natural	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	not named
29 August 2001	Debris and open burning	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	BILLY
9 July 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	28 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	ANDY
18 July 1996	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	LUCY
17 July 2005	Natural	1.0 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	not named
13 July 2005	Natural	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	not named
13 July 2005	Natural	1.5 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	not named
13 July 2005	Natural	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Torrance County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Broncho: 4 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Bronco Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Torrance 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
Roundtop (historical)	4.8 miles	7
Willard	6.0 miles	10
Mountainair	6.2 miles	10
Punta de Agua	8.3 miles	11
El Gato	9.7 miles	11
La Cienega	10.4 miles	11
Silio	10.9 miles	6
Deer Canyon	11.4 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 898523. 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.