Canyon Estates, New Mexico
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 2006. It stands in the East Bernalillo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87059. It lies near Primera Agua Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Tijeras quadrangle.
On record in Canyon Estates
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Holy Child Churchlisted 1978 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1892 USGS San Pedro quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Tijeras quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Tijeras quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1990 USGS Tijeras quadrangle1:24000
- 2006 USGS Tijeras quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
147 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Canyon Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 148 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 7 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 62 |
| Natural | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | 462 |
| 26 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | 5 HILLS |
| 25 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | CEDRO WEST |
| 14 September 2019 | Natural | 1.8 acres | Cibola National Forest | HAWK WATCH |
| 6 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | BEARSCAT |
| 4 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | LOMAS |
| 30 August 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | ROBIN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 35 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Canyon Estates: 13 producers, 11 unknowns, 7 occurrences, 3 past producers. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Clay, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gypsum Pit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Unknown | ||
| Ideal Basic Industries Cement Plant and Quarry | Cement Rock | Producer | 1959 | |
| Little Apples Co. Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Mary M | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Mary M Mine | Copper, Gold | Past Producer | 1955 | |
| Materials Pit 58-9-S | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Shakespeare Mine | Barium-Barite, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | Barite, Chalcocite, Copper, Fluorite | |
| Silver Ring-Verdun Claims | Gold, Silver, Lead | Unknown | ||
| Tijeras Mine | Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Tijeras Pit | Clay, Stone | Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primera Agua | 0.2 miles | 21 | |
| Tijeras | 0.4 miles | 21 | |
| San Antonio | 1.4 miles | 21 | |
| Kemp (historical) | 1.8 miles | 21 | |
| Cedar Crest | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Zamora | 1.9 miles | 18 | |
| Casa Loma | 2.0 miles | 21 | |
| Rincon | 2.4 miles | 18 |
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 Q122551032 | 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 2055903. 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.









