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Canoncito, New Mexico

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Las Vegas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87745. It lies near Cañon de Cantor. The Survey maps it on the Sapello quadrangle. It stands 7,234 feet above sea level.

Canoncito within San Miguel County

On record in Canoncito

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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.

Photographs

1 photograph,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Church, Canoncito, San Miguel County, NM
Church, Canoncito, San Miguel County, NM
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

86 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Canoncito between 1994 and 2020, burning about 6,249 acres in total. 33 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
Natural33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Debris and open burning15
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1
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 2020Natural5.0 acresLas Vegas District21-40450261X
5 September 2020Natural3.0 acresLas Vegas District21-40440260X
9 August 2004Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestHERMIT
8 August 2002Natural1.5 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionFOX
7 August 2000Natural3,600 acresLas Vegas DistrictBELL
5 August 2000Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCOUGAR
20 August 2003Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
18 August 2010Natural1.0 acresLas Vegas DistrictPRITZLAFF

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Miguel County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Canoncito: 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in San Miguel 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
Manuelitas2.3 miles16
San Ignacio2.6 miles16
Las Tusas3.1 miles16
Sapello4.1 miles16
Las Dispensas4.2 miles16
Tierra Monte4.4 miles16
Pendaries Village4.4 miles15
Peñasco Blanco4.9 miles16

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 CanoncitoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q16851628The 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 904700. 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.