Desert Mountain, New Mexico

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.

• 1888 USGS Bernalillo quadrangle1:125000
• 1889 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:125000
• 1893 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
• 1954 USGS Bernalillo quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
• 1954 USGS Bernalillo quadrangle1:62500
• 1958 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
• 1962 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
• 1963 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
• 1978 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:100000
• 1983 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
• 1990 USGS Bernalillo quadrangle1:24000
• 2006 USGS Bernalillo quadrangle1:24000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Desert Mountain between 1992 and 2020, burning about 333 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 9 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Placitas Homesteads
• Anasazi Trails
• Puesta Del Sol
• Ranchos des Placitas
• Vista de Oro de Placitas
• El Llanito

Every fire recorded in Sandoval County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Desert Mountain: 10 past producers, 5 prospects, 2 producers, 2 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Lead, 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.

Every working recorded in Sandoval County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2055901. 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.