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Buchanan, New Mexico

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the West De Baca census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88136. The Survey maps it on the Yeso Mesa quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Buchanan within De Baca County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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

9 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Buchanan (historical) between 1997 and 2016, burning about 1,368 acres in total. 4 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
Natural4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
18 September 2000Natural1,000 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionPEREZ
12 August 2001Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCLARKWELL
5 July 2005Natural2.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSMITH
16 July 2009Natural290 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionROCK LAKE
9 June 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionWEST YESO
18 June 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCapitan DistrictEL RANCHO
18 June 2014Natural1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionAKINS
23 May 2010Power generation/transmission/distribution10 acresLas Vegas DistrictCROW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in De Baca County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Buchanan (historical): 1 past producer. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in De Baca 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
Largo4.4 miles6
Yeso9.7 miles6
Evanola15.9 miles7
Guadalupe20.9 miles7
Ricardo (historical)21.8 miles7
Salado22.9 miles7
Lake Sumner25.7 miles7
Agudo26.0 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 923454. 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.