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Cebolletita, New Mexico

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1883 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Laguna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87014. It lies near Bibo Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Seboyeta quadrangle.

Cebolletita within Cibola County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

83 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Cebolletita between 1992 and 2020, burning about 210 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 2 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
Debris and open burning24
Natural20
Smoking12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony4
Fireworks3
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
8 September 2003Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSEBOY ROCKIE
8 September 2003Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
7 September 2005Naturalunder an acreLaguna AgencyLAVA
10 September 2019Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresBernalillo District20-60450242X
1 September 2007Naturalunder an acreLaguna AgencyBIBO CREEK
25 August 2001Naturalunder an acreLaguna AgencyWHITESPRG
19 August 2004Naturalunder an acreLaguna AgencySEBOYETA
16 August 2003Naturalunder an acreLaguna AgencyCANYON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cibola County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Cebolletita: 7 unknowns, 5 producers, 3 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Vanadium, Vanadium, Selenium, Molybdenum. 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
L-Bar DepositsUranium, VanadiumPast Producer1956, 1976
Paguate DepositsUranium, Vanadium, Selenium, MolybdenumPast Producer1956, 1981
Materials Pit 61-31-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials Pit 61-49-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
H-1 MineUraniumProducer
Jj #1UraniumProducer
L-Bar Uranium Mill (Facility)UraniumProducer
Pw-2 and 3UraniumProducer
Sohio Uranium MineUraniumProducer
Unnamed Uranium DepositUraniumUnknown

Every working recorded in Cibola 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
Bibo0.4 miles19
Moquino1.4 miles18
Seboyeta1.9 miles19
Paguate2.6 miles19
Encinal5.4 miles18
Casa Fria7.2 miles19
Piedra Lumbre8.3 miles19
Cubero8.9 miles18

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 Q122554463The 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 932853. 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.