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El Tablazon, 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 Tablazon 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

133 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of El Tablazon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 161 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 5 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 ceremony59
Natural28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Equipment and vehicle use8
Arson/incendiarism5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes2
Debris and open burning2
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
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
6 August 2003Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestBEARSCAT
30 August 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCibola National ForestROBIN
28 August 2003Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestKIWANIS 1
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 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of El Tablazon: 12 producers, 10 unknowns, 4 occurrences, 2 past producers. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Limestone, General, Copper. 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
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
Tijeras PitClay, StoneProducerSedimentary
Unknown Name Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)ProducerSedimentary
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
Zamora0.8 miles18
El Refugio0.9 miles18
Rincon1.3 miles18
Los Pinos1.5 miles18
Dennis Chaves Estates1.7 miles18
Cedar Crest1.8 miles18
Sierra Vista Estates1.8 miles17
Kemp (historical)1.9 miles21

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 Q122541220The 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 932871. 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.