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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.

Cañoncito within Bernalillo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

142 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural47
Recreation and ceremony41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Debris and open burning4
Fireworks4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Other causes2
Smoking2

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
7 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCibola National ForestDOC LONG
6 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCibola National Forest462
26 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Division5 HILLS
25 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCibola National Forestnot named
21 September 2011Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestPINO CANYON
15 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCibola National ForestDOC
6 August 2000Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestEMBUDITO
4 August 2002Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestWALKER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bernalillo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Carbonatite DepositCobaltUnknown
Darrel ProspectLead, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence1915
Gypsum PitGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
Ideal Basic Industries Cement Plant and QuarryCement RockProducer1959
Mary MGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Materials Pit 58-9-SLimestone, DimensionProducer
Mohawk ProspectFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Barium-Barite, CopperOccurrenceBarite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Fluorite, Galena, Malachite
Sedillo HillLimestone, GeneralProducerSedimentary
Shakespeare MineBarium-Barite, Copper, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrenceBarite, Chalcocite, Copper, Fluorite
Tijeras MineLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Bernalillo 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
Sierra Vista Estates1.1 miles17
Pinon Ridge Estates1.3 miles17
Forest Park1.4 miles18
Rincon1.8 miles18
Casa Loma1.9 miles21
Cedar Crest2.0 miles18
Kemp (historical)2.0 miles21
Sandia Park2.2 miles17

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 CañoncitoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q16851614The 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.