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Cedar Hill, New Mexico

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Las Vegas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87701. The Survey maps it on the Tecolote quadrangle.

Cedar Hill within San Miguel County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

58 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Hill between 1993 and 2020, burning about 244 acres in total. 25 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
Natural25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 August 2008Naturalunder an acreLas Vegas National Wildlife RefugeRANGE UNIT 7
28 August 2002Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionBLUE RIDGE
14 August 2012Natural1.3 acresLas Vegas DistrictALAMITO
12 August 2003Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionLUCERO
6 July 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Division337
4 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionINDEPENDENCE
31 July 2000Natural1.0 acresSanta Fe National ForestHIDDEN
28 July 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionBLUE-RIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Miguel County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cedar Hill: 1 unknown. 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
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in San Miguel 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
La Manga1.1 miles15
Ojita1.2 miles14
Sheridan1.2 miles14
Gabaldon1.8 miles15
Santa Ana1.8 miles15
Romeroville2.3 miles14
Tecolote2.4 miles15
Ojitos Frios3.1 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2038775. 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.