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El Refugio, New Mexico

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the East Bernalillo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87059. It lies near Tablazon Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Sedillo quadrangle.

El Refugio within Bernalillo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

139 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of El Refugio between 1992 and 2020, burning about 262 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 6 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
Recreation and ceremony63
Natural26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes2
Fireworks1

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
7 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCibola National ForestDOC LONG
6 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCibola National Forest462
26 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Division5 HILLS
25 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCibola National Forestnot named
22 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCibola National ForestCEDRO WEST
15 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCibola National ForestDOC
30 August 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCibola National ForestROBIN
28 August 2003Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestKIWANIS 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bernalillo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of El Refugio: 9 unknowns, 8 producers, 3 occurrences, 2 past producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Copper, Clay. 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
Blue SkyFluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Carbonatite DepositCobaltUnknown
Gypsum PitGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
Ideal Basic Industries Cement Plant and QuarryCement RockProducer1959
Mary MGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Materials Pit 58-9-SLimestone, DimensionProducer
Shakespeare MineBarium-Barite, Copper, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrenceBarite, Chalcocite, Copper, Fluorite
Tijeras MineLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Adobe Enterprises, Inc.ClayProducerSedimentary
Copper ProspectCopperOccurrence

Every working recorded in Bernalillo 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
El Tablazon0.9 miles18
Dennis Chaves Estates1.1 miles18
Los Pinos1.1 miles18
Sierra Vista Estates1.2 miles17
Rincon1.2 miles18
Zamora1.4 miles18
Forest Park1.8 miles18
Cedar Crest2.0 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 906084. 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.