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El Monte Rojo, New Mexico

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Tierra Amarilla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87510. It stands on Arroyo del Yeso. The Survey maps it on the Ghost Ranch quadrangle.

El Monte Rojo within Rio Arriba County

On record in El Monte Rojo

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

7 surveys from 12 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

20 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of El Monte Rojo between 1993 and 2020, burning about 10 acres in total. 16 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
Natural16
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
15 September 2009Naturalunder an acreChama DistrictMON
8 August 2008Naturalunder an acreCarson National ForestMARTINEZ TRAIL
7 August 2010Naturalunder an acreChama DistrictLUMBRE
24 August 2003Naturalunder an acreCarson National ForestBANCO DE BURRO
7 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCarson National ForestSALAZAR TRAIL
6 July 1998Naturalunder an acreCarson National ForestESCONDIDO
4 July 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSanta Fe National Forestnot named
30 July 2010Naturalunder an acreChama DistrictEL VADO #2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rio Arriba County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of El Monte Rojo: 5 unknowns, 5 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
Ghost Ranch Pit No. 330Sand and Gravel, Construction, StoneUnknown
Las Minas De PedroCopperProspect
Las Minas JimmieCopper, UraniumProspect
AlexUraniumProducer
Horny ToadUraniumUnknown
Lucky DogUraniumUnknown
Materials Pit No. 60-13-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Materials Pit No. 66-33-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Materials Pit No. 66-42-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Rio Chama Valley GravelsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

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
Placitas8.2 miles13
Lower Cañones9.6 miles15
Rio Puerco9.8 miles15
Canjilon10.5 miles13
Cañones10.5 miles15
Youngsville10.6 miles15
Alire10.8 miles14
Barranca12.0 miles14

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 Q122598845The 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 906059. 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.