El Gato, New Mexico

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Estancia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87036. It lies near Cañon Colorado. The Survey maps it on the Punta de Agua quadrangle.

El Gato within Torrance County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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.

1917 USGS Estancia quadrangle1:125000
1954 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1954 USGS Torreon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
1979 USGS Belen quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Punta De Agua quadrangle1:24000
1995 USGS Punta De Agua quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

63 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of El Gato between 1992 and 2020, burning about 279 acres in total. 5 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	25
Debris and open burning	12
Recreation and ceremony	11
Natural	5
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Smoking	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
2 September 2019	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Cibola National Forest	CONSERVATION
1 September 2005	Natural	under an acre	Cibola National Forest	FAWN
9 August 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	LAGUNESSE
7 August 2018	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Cibola National Forest	CANON COLORADO
5 August 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	30 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	JOE
13 August 2015	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Cibola National Forest	CCC CAMP
8 July 2004	Smoking	under an acre	Cibola National Forest	GRASS
5 July 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Cibola National Forest	HWY 55

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Torrance County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of El Gato: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Jack's Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
	Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Torrance 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Punta de Agua	1.7 miles	11
Los Chavez	2.2 miles	11
Chato	2.7 miles	12
Manzano	2.9 miles	12
La Cienega	3.2 miles	11
Candelaria Place	4.4 miles	12
Thunderbird	6.1 miles	11
Torreon	6.9 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 918175. 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.