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El Chapparal, New Mexico

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 2006. It stands in the Rio Rancho census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87004. The Survey maps it on the Bernalillo quadrangle.

El Chapparal within Sandoval County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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.

Fires near this place

164 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 164 fires within 5 miles of El Chapparal between 1992 and 2020, burning about 282 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 10 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
Debris and open burning67
Missing data/not specified/undetermined53
Equipment and vehicle use12
Arson/incendiarism10
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking6
Natural6
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes1
Fireworks1

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
9 September 1992Natural2.0 acresSouthern Pueblos Agencynot named
8 September 1992Smoking1.0 acresCibola National Forestnot named
5 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouthern Pueblos AgencyBACA
15 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionDM
8 August 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencyMONTOYA
27 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBernalillo DistrictPPE 9/9 PREPO
16 August 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencyLOST
16 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencyARAGON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sandoval 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 El Chapparal: 9 past producers, 2 producers, 2 prospects, 2 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Coronado PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Grevey PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Montoya PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
North PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Pit Number 56-91-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pit Number 56-92-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pit Number 61-48-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pit Number 66-49-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Rivajana0.4 miles20
El Llanito0.5 miles20
Chical1.1 miles20
Ranchito1.3 miles20
Desert Mountain1.8 miles20
Anasazi Trails1.8 miles20
Bernalillo2.3 miles20
Las Cocinitas (historical)2.3 miles20

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 Q122553262The 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 902513. 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.