BlockChupadera, New Mexico
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Mountainair-Encino census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87036. It lies near Canon Cueva. The Survey maps it on the Chupadera quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Socorro quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Chupadera quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Chupadera in 2004, burning about 5 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 June 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | BOX |
| 14 March 2004 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | COW |
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Chupadera: 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Iron Pit | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Chupadera | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Geoslim Pit | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Iron King Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scholle | 11.2 miles | 8 | |
| Deer Canyon | 12.1 miles | 8 | |
| Abo | 12.9 miles | 8 | |
| Gran Quivira | 13.7 miles | 7 | |
| Mountainair | 18.4 miles | 10 | |
| Roundtop (historical) | 20.4 miles | 7 | |
| Thunderbird | 21.2 miles | 11 | |
| La Cienega | 21.6 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 898532. 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.