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Chelwood Park, New Mexico

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Albuquerque census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87112. It lies near Piedra Lisa Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Albuquerque East quadrangle.

Chelwood Park within Bernalillo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 21 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

82 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Chelwood Park between 1993 and 2020, burning about 954 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined42
Natural17
Recreation and ceremony8
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Arson/incendiarism4
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1
Smoking1

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
14 September 2019Natural1.8 acresCibola National ForestHAWK WATCH
13 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
6 August 2000Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestEMBUDITO
4 August 2000Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestLOMAS
28 August 2003Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestKIWANIS 1
26 August 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCibola National ForestROCK
16 August 2015Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestSOUTH CREST
11 August 2003Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestSOUTH PEAK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bernalillo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Chelwood Park: 7 producers, 6 unknowns, 1 past producer. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, REE, Pumice. 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
9700 North 2nd CrusherPumiceProducer
Alpha MineREEUnknown
Materials Pit 58-43-SStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
New Pueblo Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ambrell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Coors PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Douglas PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Farrington PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Martin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Materials Pit #58-127-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Bernalillo 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
Sandia Vista1.2 miles21
La Cuesta1.2 miles21
Mesa Village2.0 miles21
Hoffmantown2.0 miles21
Cañada Village2.1 miles21
Buena Ventura2.1 miles21
Vista Encantada3.4 miles21
Carnuel3.4 miles21

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 Q122573512The 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 905066. 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.