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El Guacho, New Mexico

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the South Rio Arriba census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87532. It stands on Arroyo del Gaucho. The Survey maps it on the San Juan Pueblo quadrangle.

El Guacho within Rio Arriba County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

364 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 364 fires within 5 miles of El Guacho between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,156 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 66 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 burning141
Missing data/not specified/undetermined71
Arson/incendiarism66
Natural24
Fireworks16
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Equipment and vehicle use10
Smoking10
Recreation and ceremony9
Other causes3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionPHILIP
7 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyBROKEN AX
7 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestRESUMEDERO
3 September 1992Natural4.5 acresBandelier National MonumentCHURCH
19 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyDEBRIS
7 August 1993Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNorthern Pueblos AgencyFENCE
31 August 1998Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestJOE
31 August 1998Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestTHINNING

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rio Arriba County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of El Guacho: 7 prospects, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bartholomew - Sanchez Grant PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
LowdermilkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Materials Pit No. 55-70-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Materials Pit No. 59-55-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Materials Pit No. 59-56-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Materials Pit No. 59-60-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Materials Pit No. 59-62-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Materials Pit No. 68-1-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Materials Pit No. 69-8-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect

Every working recorded in Rio Arriba 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
Española1.1 miles20
Fairview1.2 miles15
Santo Niño1.3 miles15
Riverside1.5 miles20
Guachupangue1.7 miles20
San Pedro1.9 miles20
Ranchitos1.9 miles15
San Jose2.3 miles15

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 Q122552313The 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 928723. 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.