Deer Creek Landing, New Mexico
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Jemez-Zia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87024. It stands on Deer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gilman quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 18 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.
- 1890 USGS Jemes quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1892 USGS Jemes quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Jemez quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1939 USGS San Ysidro quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS San Ysidro quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1970 USGS Gilman quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Los Alamos quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 2002 USGS Gilman quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
154 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of Deer Creek Landing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,728 acres in total. 114 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 114 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | PORTER |
| 23 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | DENADO |
| 22 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | DIEGO |
| 16 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | 488 |
| 15 September 2017 | Natural | 1,022 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | DEER CREEK |
| 14 September 2003 | Natural | 5.5 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | VENADO |
| 10 September 1996 | Natural | 18 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | SLEEPER |
| 9 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Deer Creek Landing: 4 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Gold, Silver, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jemez Hot Springs | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Pit Number 60-42-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Spanish Queen Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | 1940 | |
| Deer Creek Prospect | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Pyramid Pumice Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Spanish Queen | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Tex - N Prospect | Uranium | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilman | 2.1 miles | 18 | |
| Jemez Springs | 4.7 miles | 24 | |
| Porter | 5.2 miles | 20 | |
| Cañon | 6.4 miles | 20 | |
| Ponderosa | 8.1 miles | 20 | |
| O'Neil Landing | 8.5 miles | 20 | |
| Jemez Pueblo | 9.4 miles | 21 | |
| Sierra de los Pinos | 10.8 miles | 25 |
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 Q122545227 | The 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 905691. 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.











