Chical, New Mexico

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Los Lunas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87068. The Survey maps it on the Los Lunas quadrangle.

Chical within Valencia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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.

1952 USGS Los Lunas quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1954 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
1979 USGS Belen quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1991 USGS Los Lunas quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

650 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 650 fires within 5 miles of Chical between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,444 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 34 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 burning	466
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	64
Arson/incendiarism	34
Equipment and vehicle use	22
Smoking	22
Recreation and ceremony	17
Misuse of fire by a minor	9
Natural	6
Power generation/transmission/distribution	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	4
Fireworks	2

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
25 September 2000	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Southern Pueblos Agency	JOJOLA
14 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Southern Pueblos Agency	TR-6
14 September 2004	Smoking	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	RIOCOM
12 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Southern Pueblos Agency	HORSE
1 September 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	SHED
1 September 2000	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Southern Pueblos Agency	CHICAL
4 August 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Southern Pueblos Agency	FORTY-7
24 August 2000	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Southern Pueblos Agency	HIGHWAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Valencia County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Chical: 5 unknowns, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Materials Pit 68-22-S	Limestone, General	Unknown
Parea Mesa Pit & Crushing	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown
El Cerro Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
John Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Materials Pit 73-1-S	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Nino's Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Orona Pit & Crusher	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Screening Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Valencia 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Bosque Farms	2.2 miles	10
Peralta	2.5 miles	10
Los Lentes	4.6 miles	10
Valencia	5.0 miles	10
Los Lunas	5.5 miles	10
Paquita	5.8 miles	10
Mission Park	6.6 miles	10
Monterey Park	7.7 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 899582. 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.