El Rito, New Mexico
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Laguna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87026. It stands on Arroyo Conchas. The Survey maps it on the Dough Mountain quadrangle. It stands 5,656 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1917 USGS Cerro Verde quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Dough Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Acoma Pueblo quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
106 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of El Rito between 1992 and 2017, burning about 394 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 36 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1993 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Laguna Agency | LABOR |
| 6 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Laguna Agency | TUNNEL |
| 19 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Laguna Agency | FEAST |
| 1 September 2003 | Smoking | 1.2 acres | Laguna Agency | NORESPONSE |
| 31 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Laguna Agency | DEADMAN'S CURVE |
| 26 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Laguna Agency | RED ROCK |
| 17 August 1993 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Laguna Agency | DEAD MAN |
| 1 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Laguna Agency | PIE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of El Rito: 8 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, Limestone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit 57-77-S | Limestone, General | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 57-78-S | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 65-31-S | Limestone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Mesita Well | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Name Unknown Scoria Deposit | Volcanic Materials | Occurrence | Scoria | |
| Unnamed Borrow Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Borrow Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Sandy Deposit | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Uranium Deposit | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Uranium Deposit | Uranium | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marmon | 1.2 miles | 18 | |
| Mesita | 1.5 miles | 18 | |
| Laguna | 5.1 miles | 18 | |
| New Laguna | 7.1 miles | 18 | |
| Casa Blanca | 9.6 miles | 18 | |
| Paraje | 10.1 miles | 18 | |
| Paguate | 10.5 miles | 19 | |
| Harrisburg | 11.3 miles | 18 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on El Rito | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19461563 | The 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 898769. 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.





