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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.

El Macho within San Miguel County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

178 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural118
Recreation and ceremony34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
4 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSanta Fe National Forestnot named
3 September 2017Natural1.0 acresSanta Fe National ForestDALTON
3 September 1999Natural4.0 acresSanta Fe National ForestCOW
26 September 1998Natural20 acresSanta Fe National ForestTIJERAS
1 September 2019Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestRIDGE
8 August 2016Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestOJITO
8 August 2011Natural2.0 acresSanta Fe National ForestGULCH
8 August 2003Natural16 acresSanta Fe National ForestPOSADA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Miguel County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Eugene R. Long PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Jones MineCopper, Zinc, Gold, Silver, LeadOccurrence1899
FaithUraniumUnknown
High PeakUraniumPast Producer
Jones MineCopperUnknown

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
Upper La Posada1.8 miles16
Lower La Posada2.6 miles16
Tres Lagunas3.3 miles16
Tererro4.7 miles16
Holy Ghost5.9 miles17
Pecos7.0 miles16
East Pecos7.1 miles16
Grass Mountain Summer Home Area8.8 miles17

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.