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El Llano, New Mexico

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Pecos census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87701. It lies near Lime Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Montezuma quadrangle.

El Llano within San Miguel County

On record in El Llano

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

101 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of El Llano between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,040 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined49
Natural33
Debris and open burning8
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
23 September 2002Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionFALL
18 September 2000Natural175 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMOON
8 August 2019Natural2.0 acresLas Vegas District20-40140164X
7 August 2020Natural20 acresLas Vegas DistrictLA CUEVA CANYON
7 August 2003Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionPETERSON
30 August 2000Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestRUIDOSO
3 August 2012Natural3.5 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionLOS VIGILS
29 August 2002Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionOWL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Miguel County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of El Llano: 9 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium. 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
Los VigilesUraniumOccurrence
Marquez PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in San Miguel 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
Los Vigiles0.4 miles16
Montezuma0.5 miles16
Hot Springs1.3 miles16
San Antonio1.8 miles14
Las Vegas Town3.2 miles15
Trout Springs3.8 miles16
Arriba4.0 miles14
Las Vegas4.4 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 906054. 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.