Cañoncito, New Mexico
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the East Bernalillo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87008. It lies in Cañoncito. The Survey maps it on the Sandia Park quadrangle. It stands 7,001 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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 San Pedro quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Sandia Park quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1990 USGS Sandia Park quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
142 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 142 fires within 5 miles of Cañoncito between 1992 and 2020, burning about 165 acres in total. 47 started naturally. 7 were 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 | 47 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | DOC LONG |
| 6 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | 462 |
| 26 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | 5 HILLS |
| 25 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | not named |
| 21 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | PINO CANYON |
| 15 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | DOC |
| 6 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | EMBUDITO |
| 4 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | WALKER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 25 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Cañoncito: 9 unknowns, 7 occurrences, 6 producers, 2 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper, Clay, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carbonatite Deposit | Cobalt | Unknown | ||
| Darrel Prospect | Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | 1915 | |
| Gypsum Pit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Unknown | ||
| Ideal Basic Industries Cement Plant and Quarry | Cement Rock | Producer | 1959 | |
| Mary M | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit 58-9-S | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Mohawk Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Barium-Barite, Copper | Occurrence | Barite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Fluorite, Galena, Malachite | |
| Sedillo Hill | Limestone, General | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Shakespeare Mine | Barium-Barite, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | Barite, Chalcocite, Copper, Fluorite | |
| Tijeras Mine | Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Sedimentary |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Vista Estates | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Pinon Ridge Estates | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| Forest Park | 1.4 miles | 18 | |
| Rincon | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Casa Loma | 1.9 miles | 21 | |
| Cedar Crest | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Kemp (historical) | 2.0 miles | 21 | |
| Sandia Park | 2.2 miles | 17 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Cañoncito | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16851614 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 904703. 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.







