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Dennis Chaves Estates, New Mexico

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the East Bernalillo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87059. It lies near Sedillo Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Sedillo quadrangle.

Dennis Chaves Estates within Bernalillo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

102 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Dennis Chaves Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 270 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 5 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
Recreation and ceremony34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Natural19
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Other causes2
Fireworks2
Smoking1

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
6 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCibola National Forest462
6 September 2006Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
26 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Division5 HILLS
25 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCibola National Forestnot named
22 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCibola National ForestCEDRO WEST
28 August 2003Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestKIWANIS 2
2 August 2019Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestARMIJO
18 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSQUIRREL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bernalillo 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 Dennis Chaves Estates: 7 unknowns, 5 producers, 2 occurrences, 2 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Cement Rock. 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
Blue SkyFluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Carbonatite DepositCobaltUnknown
Copper ProspectCopperOccurrence
Gypsum PitGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
Ideal Basic Industries Cement Plant and QuarryCement RockProducer1959
Mary MGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Materials Pit 58-9-SLimestone, DimensionProducer
Uranium ClaimUraniumOccurrence
Crusher PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducer

Every working recorded in Bernalillo 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
Los Pinos0.5 miles18
El Refugio1.1 miles18
El Tablazon1.7 miles18
Sedillo2.0 miles18
Sierra Vista Estates2.1 miles17
Frost (historical)2.3 miles17
Rincon2.4 miles18
Zamora2.4 miles18

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 Q122561652The 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 932855. 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.