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Burns Canyon, New Mexico

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Coyote census division. It lies near Gallina Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Llaves quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Burns Canyon within Rio Arriba County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

135 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Burns Canyon (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,112 acres in total. 118 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
Natural118
Recreation and ceremony14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Smoking1
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
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestRATTLE
4 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestCHUPADERO
30 September 2012Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestLIVEMAN
30 September 1998Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestRATTLESNAKE
3 September 2004Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestROAD 7
25 September 2004Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestPABLO
12 September 1997Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestTREE
12 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSanta Fe National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rio Arriba County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Burns Canyon (historical): 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium. 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
Cebolla 2UraniumUnknown
Heart 3UraniumUnknown

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Hopewell (historical)0.0 miles14
Llaves7.8 miles13
El Vado9.3 miles12
Alire10.7 miles14
Tapicitoes12.3 miles14
Capulin16.2 miles15
Las Nutrias16.2 miles11
Ojito16.4 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 901688. 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.