BlockCanyon del Rio, New Mexico
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Belen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87002. The Survey maps it on the Tome SE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1952 USGS Tome SE quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Belen quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Tome SE quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
10 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Canyon del Rio between 1993 and 2017, burning about 929 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | ANGEL FALLS |
| 30 August 2017 | Natural | 200 acres | Cibola National Forest | GALLO PEAK |
| 27 July 2016 | Natural | 646 acres | Bernalillo District | RATTLESNAKE FIRE |
| 13 July 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | MONTE LARGO |
| 1 July 2012 | Natural | 2.5 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | YUCCA FIRE |
| 29 May 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Bernalillo District | MERCURY FIRE |
| 3 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 78 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CREEPY |
| 8 March 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LARGO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Canyon del Rio: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Gemstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manzano Mountains | Gemstone | Producer | Metamorphic |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bodega | 8.3 miles | 10 | |
| Becker | 8.7 miles | 9 | |
| Comanche Springs | 8.7 miles | 11 | |
| Rio Grande Estates | 9.9 miles | 10 | |
| Madrone | 10.4 miles | 10 | |
| Rio Communities | 10.8 miles | 10 | |
| Pasitos del Cielo | 11.2 miles | 10 | |
| Las Maravillas | 11.4 miles | 10 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122598641 | 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 2413618. 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.