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Ciniza, New Mexico

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Red Rock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87347. It lies near Fourmile Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Ciniza quadrangle.

Ciniza within McKinley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

6 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Ciniza between 1995 and 2020, burning about 11 acres in total. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
23 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionBAROMETER
1 August 2001Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestFOSTER
8 July 2002Natural8.0 acresCibola National ForestFOSTER
1 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresBernalillo District21-60020008X
20 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresBernalillo District20-61870690X
20 October 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBernalillo District21-60840302X

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McKinley County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Ciniza: 7 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, 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
San Antonio No. 1- 8 Placer ClaimsPumicePast Producer
Proj. Adap 8-35-0019-01StoneUnknown
Rock PitStoneUnknown
Brown Const. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Iyanbito PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in McKinley 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
Jamestown1.2 miles17
South Guam2.5 miles17
North Guam2.6 miles16
Iyanbito3.7 miles14
Coolidge4.3 miles16
Perea5.3 miles15
Fort Wingate6.5 miles16
Wingate6.7 miles15

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 Q122559049The 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 1987485. 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.