BlockEl Dorado, New Mexico
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Santa Fe South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87508. It lies near Canyon Ancho. The Survey maps it on the Seton Village quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1889 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Seton Village quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Seton Village quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
82 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of El Dorado between 1994 and 2020, burning about 311 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | WS FIRE |
| 25 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | 285 FIRE |
| 19 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SF SOUTHERN |
| 29 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 28 August 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LOS CABAUOS |
| 9 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ALTEZA |
| 8 July 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | HAGEN |
| 7 July 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BONANZA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of El Dorado: 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| San Lazarus | Gold | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Dorado at Santa Fe | 0.7 miles | 18 | |
| Eldorado at Santa Fe | 1.4 miles | 18 | |
| Sunlit Hills | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Seton Village | 4.0 miles | 18 | |
| Lamy | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Cañada de los Alamos | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| La Loma | 5.4 miles | 18 | |
| Spiess | 5.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 916021. 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.