Coyote, New Mexico

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 2006. It stands in the Rio Rancho census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87047. It stands on Arroyo Uña de Gato. The Survey maps it on the Hagan quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Coyote within Sandoval County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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.

1892 USGS San Pedro quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1954 USGS Hagan quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1954 USGS San Felipe Pueblo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1975 USGS Hagan quadrangle1:24000
1978 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:100000
1983 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
1990 USGS Hagan quadrangle1:24000
2006 USGS Hagan quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

9 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Coyote (historical) between 1992 and 2011, burning about 22 acres in total. None 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	5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4

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
6 July 1992	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	GRASSHOPPER
18 July 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	not named
17 July 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Southern Pueblos Agency	SAN FELIPE
8 June 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	ALAMO
6 April 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Southern Pueblos Agency	GALISTEO
11 April 1998	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7.2 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	KATIE
9 March 1997	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Southern Pueblos Agency	FLAMINGO
12 March 2011	Debris and open burning	2.5 acres	Southern Pueblos Agency	MOQUINO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sandoval County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Coyote (historical): 9 prospects, 3 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Barium-Barite, Uranium, Vanadium. 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	Recorded
Diamond Tail Prospect	Uranium, Vanadium, Molybdenum, Selenium	Occurrence	1977
Las Huertas Barite Prospect	Barium-Barite	Occurrence	1955
San Felipe Pueblo Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Sedimentary
Unnamed Clay Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Duke City Mine	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Producer
San Felipe Pit	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Producer
Ben Claims	Uranium	Prospect
Dec Claims	Uranium	Prospect
Diamond Tail	Uranium	Prospect
Lib Claims	Uranium	Prospect

Every working recorded in Sandoval 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
Tejon (historical)	2.4 miles	20
Hagan (historical)	3.0 miles	20
Diamond Tail Ranch	3.7 miles	20
Tecolote	4.4 miles	20
Montezuma (historical)	4.8 miles	20
Las Huertas	5.2 miles	20
Village de las Huertas	5.4 miles	20
Los Pastores	5.6 miles	20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 936502. 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.