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.
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
- Church, Canoncitofederal building survey, 1 photograph
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1889 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Sapello quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Sapello quadrangle1:24000
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.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
86 since 1994Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2020 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Las Vegas District | 21-40450261X |
| 5 September 2020 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Las Vegas District | 21-40440260X |
| 9 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | HERMIT |
| 8 August 2002 | Natural | 1.5 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | FOX |
| 7 August 2000 | Natural | 3,600 acres | Las Vegas District | BELL |
| 5 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | COUGAR |
| 20 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 18 August 2010 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Las Vegas District | PRITZLAFF |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manuelitas | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| San Ignacio | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Las Tusas | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Sapello | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Las Dispensas | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Tierra Monte | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Pendaries Village | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Peñasco Blanco | 4.9 miles | 16 |
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 Canoncito | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16851628 | 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 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.







