Buckman, New Mexico

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 2002. It lies near Caja del Rio Canyon. The Survey maps it on the White Rock quadrangle.

Buckman within Santa Fe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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.

1892 USGS Santa Clara quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1952 USGS White Rock quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1953 USGS Espanola quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1958 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1978 USGS Los Alamos quadrangle1:100000
1983 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS White Rock quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
2002 USGS White Rock quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

36 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Buckman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 77 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning	13
Natural	12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Recreation and ceremony	2
Fireworks	1
Arson/incendiarism	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
6 September 1993	Natural	under an acre	Bandelier National Monument	CASTLERUN
14 September 2017	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Northern Pueblos Agency	DUMP 2
11 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Northern Pueblos Agency	65
8 August 2006	Natural	under an acre	Bandelier National Monument	LADDER
13 August 2007	Natural	under an acre	Santa Fe National Forest	PAREJO
7 July 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Bandelier National Monument	ROUTE 4
4 July 2019	Fireworks	under an acre	Northern Pueblos Agency	OVERLOOK
28 July 2020	Natural	under an acre	Bernalillo District	21-60390148X

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Fe 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 Buckman: 4 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice. 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	Recorded
Copar Guaje Canyon Mine	Pumice	Producer	Pumice
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Santa Fe 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
Otowi	3.1 miles	19
Totavi	3.2 miles	19
San Ildefonso Pueblo	4.6 miles	20
Pajarito	5.3 miles	19
El Rancho	5.7 miles	20
Jaconita	6.3 miles	20
Jacona	7.3 miles	20
Pojoaque	8.2 miles	20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 904155. 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.