Cerro, New Mexico
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Questa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87519. It stands on CaƱada Pinabete. The Survey maps it on the Cerro quadrangle. It stands 7,461 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Cerro quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Wheeler Peak quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Cerro quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
42 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Cerro between 1992 and 2020, burning about 19 acres in total. 22 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Taos Field Office | GUADALUPE |
| 6 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | RITO PRIMERO |
| 6 August 2001 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Carson National Forest | PINABETE |
| 22 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Cimarron District | GRAVEL PIT |
| 19 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.9 acres | Cimarron District | NORTH KIOWA BOSQUE |
| 11 August 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Carson National Forest | PINABETE |
| 10 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Taos Field Office | WRRA 1 |
| 9 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Cimarron District | 20-20090043X |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Cerro: 4 prospects, 4 occurrences, 3 producers, 3 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Perlite, Graphite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Cabresto Canyon | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Revelation Manganese Deposit | Silver, Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Williams' Claims | Molybdenum | Occurrence | ||
| Esperanza Claim | Graphite | Prospect | ||
| Sawmill Canyon Prospect | Graphite | Occurrence | ||
| Silbrico Mine | Perlite | Producer | ||
| Silbrico Plant | Perlite | Producer | ||
| Black Point | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Pinabete Canyon | Manganese | Prospect | 1958 | |
| Red River | Manganese | Prospect | 1943 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buena Vista | 2.1 miles | 9 | |
| Questa | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| El Rito | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Sunshine | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Sunshine Valley | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Lama | 7.2 miles | 9 | |
| Moly | 7.5 miles | 10 | |
| San Cristobal | 11.0 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Cerro | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17003033 | 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 904926. 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.




