BlockCañoncito, New Mexico
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Dixon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87527. It stands on Cañada de Ojo Sarco. The Survey maps it on the Trampas quadrangle. It stands 6,240 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1953 USGS Trampas quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Taos quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Trampas quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
62 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Cañoncito between 1993 and 2018, burning about 141 acres in total. 15 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Taos Field Office | APEDACO |
| 11 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | CHAMISAL C |
| 9 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Albuquerque District Office | CEMETARY |
| 9 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Albuquerque District Office | PALLO |
| 9 July 1995 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Albuquerque District Office | COPPER |
| 7 July 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Taos Field Office | APODACA |
| 6 July 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Taos Field Office | MM 25 |
| 6 July 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Taos Field Office | DIXON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Cañoncito: 9 past producers, 5 prospects, 2 occurrences, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Calcium, Copper, Beryllium, Lithium, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blm 1 - 74 - 676 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Champion Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Antimony | Past Producer | 1879, 1959 | |
| Champion Mine | Silver, Copper, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Goats Point Prospect | Bismuth | Past Producer | 1950 | |
| Harding Pegmatite | Beryllium, Lithium, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), Calcium | Past Producer | 1919, 1958 | |
| Harding Pegmatite | Tin, Tantalum, Lithium, Beryllium | Past Producer | 1900, 1920 | |
| Harding Pegmatite Ext. | Beryllium, Tantalum | Occurrence | ||
| Owen-Roybal Group | Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum | Past Producer | 1957 | |
| Owens-Roybal Group | Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium) | Past Producer | ||
| Picuris District | Copper, Lithium, Beryllium, Tantalum, Silver, Tungsten, Gold, Bismuth, Calcium, Kyanite, Niobium (Columbium) | Past Producer | LODE (VEIN) |
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.
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 Q16851624 | 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 904701. 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.