El Llanito, 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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 20 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.
- 1888 USGS Bernalillo quadrangle1:125000
- 1889 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Bernalillo quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Bernalillo quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1990 USGS Bernalillo quadrangle1:24000
- 2006 USGS Bernalillo quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
167 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 167 fires within 5 miles of El Llanito between 1992 and 2020, burning about 333 acres in total. 9 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 burning | 67 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 53 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 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 1992 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Southern Pueblos Agency | not named |
| 8 September 1992 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Cibola National Forest | not named |
| 5 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Southern Pueblos Agency | BACA |
| 15 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | DM |
| 1 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ORLANDO |
| 8 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | MONTOYA |
| 3 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | PIEDRA LISA |
| 27 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Bernalillo District | PPE 9/9 PREPO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of El Llanito: 9 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 producers, 2 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Silver, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckeye Claim | Lead, Silver, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Coronado Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Grevey Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Montoya Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| North Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Pit Number 56-91-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pit Number 56-92-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pit Number 61-48-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names El Llanito in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | El Llanito | $150,000 | Water entered several business and homes in Bernalillo. Cars were stuck in water. NM 313 was impassible between Bernalillo and Tramway Road due to water and mud over highway. All Sandia Pueblo holding ponds and the Bernalillo Canal were at capacity. A water line break created a sink hole in a subdivision in Bernalillo. |
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | El Llanito | $5,000 | Several trailers on South Hill Road at U.S. route 550 had up to 1 foot of water inside, as well as up to 2 feet of mud. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | El Llanito | - | Thunderstorms produced wind gusts as high as 70 mph in Placitas. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | El Llanito | - | A passing virga shower produced a severe wind gust to 58 mph at an APRS site near Santa Ana Pueblo. |
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 Chapparal | 0.5 miles | 20 | |
| Rivajana | 0.6 miles | 20 | |
| Chical | 0.8 miles | 20 | |
| Ranchito | 1.3 miles | 20 | |
| Desert Mountain | 1.4 miles | 20 | |
| Anasazi Trails | 1.4 miles | 20 | |
| Bernalillo | 2.3 miles | 20 | |
| Las Cocinitas (historical) | 2.3 miles | 20 |
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 Q122551124 | The 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 906052. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.











