El Macho, 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 87552. It lies near Macho Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Rosilla Peak quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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
- 1954 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Rosilla Peak quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Rosilla Peak quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
178 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of El Macho between 1992 and 2020, burning about 40,565 acres in total. 118 started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 118 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | not named |
| 3 September 2017 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | DALTON |
| 3 September 1999 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | COW |
| 26 September 1998 | Natural | 20 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | TIJERAS |
| 1 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | RIDGE |
| 8 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | OJITO |
| 8 August 2011 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | GULCH |
| 8 August 2003 | Natural | 16 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | POSADA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of El Macho: 2 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eugene R. Long Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Jones Mine | Copper, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead | Occurrence | 1899 | |
| Faith | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| High Peak | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Jones Mine | Copper | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper La Posada | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Lower La Posada | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Tres Lagunas | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Tererro | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Holy Ghost | 5.9 miles | 17 | |
| Pecos | 7.0 miles | 16 | |
| East Pecos | 7.1 miles | 16 | |
| Grass Mountain Summer Home Area | 8.8 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 906057. 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.






