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Cantara, New Mexico

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1973. It stands in the Elida census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88124. The Survey maps it on the Melrose West quadrangle.

Cantara within Roosevelt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

20 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Cantara between 1993 and 2019, burning about 3,088 acres in total. 3 started naturally. None 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/undetermined16
Natural3
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
13 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionKRIDER
17 July 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined180 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionGRIDER#2
14 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionTINGLEY
13 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresNew Mexico State Forestry Division108
13 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionDEVANEY
13 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionFOSTER
28 June 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCapitan District19-51410532X
24 June 2008Natural450 acresLas Vegas DistrictGONSER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Roosevelt 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 Cantara: 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
Dickenson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials Pit 74-8-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Roosevelt 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
Krider5.4 miles7
Tolar10.2 miles7
Benson (historical)15.7 miles7
Floyd16.9 miles7
Upton19.2 miles6
Bethel19.6 miles8
Ingram (historical)21.6 miles6
Tinsley Crossing26.7 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 898526. 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.