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Dolores, New Mexico

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Santa Fe South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87010. It lies near Captain Davis Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Captain Davis Mountain quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Dolores within Santa Fe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

11 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Dolores (historical) between 1994 and 2019, burning about 50 acres in total. 7 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
Natural7
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
10 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionORTIZ
5 July 2009Naturalunder an acreBernalillo DistrictCHRISTMAS
26 July 1994Natural3.0 acresCarson National Forestnot named
23 July 2005Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCEDAR MTN
17 July 2019Naturalunder an acreBernalillo District20-60200086N
12 July 2004Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionPLACER
11 July 2002Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionORTIZ MINE
7 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMADRID

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Fe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Dolores (historical): 8 past producers, 5 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, Copper, Iridium, Arsenic, Lead, Molybdenum, Tungsten. 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
Cunningham Hill MineGold, Silver, Tungsten, Copper, Lead, MolybdenumProducer1828, 1945
Gypsy Queen MineGold, Silver, Iron, Lead, ManganesePast Producer1885, 1895
Live OakSilver, Copper, GoldUnknown
Lucas MineGold, Copper, TungstenPast Producer1885
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Ortiz Open Pit MineGold, Silver, Copper, Iridium, Arsenic, Lead, Molybdenum, TungstenPast Producer1832, 1937
Ortiz ProjectGold, SilverPlant1833, 1980
BentonGoldPast Producer
Candelaria MineGoldPast Producer1867, 1875, 1939
Chora Canyon PlacerGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Santa Fe 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
Ortiz (historical)1.7 miles18
Madrid4.8 miles17
Cerrillos6.6 miles17
Los Cerrilos6.7 miles17
Golden7.2 miles18
Chapatalito (historical)7.4 miles13
Waldo (historical)7.6 miles17
Kennedy8.3 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 914345. 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.