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Escondillo, New Mexico

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Santa Fe North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87522. It lies near CaƱon Chimayo. The Survey maps it on the Cundiyo quadrangle.

Escondillo within Santa Fe 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

70 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Escondillo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 15,910 acres in total. 30 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
Natural30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Debris and open burning10
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks2
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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
17 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestSCOUT
1 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreLas Vegas District20-40240216X
3 August 2012Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestFRIJOLES
3 August 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlbuquerque District OfficeSCOUT
3 August 1992Natural10 acresSanta Fe National Forestnot named
28 August 2018Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestRIO
15 August 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreSanta Fe National Forest306
7 July 2018Natural188 acresSanta Fe National ForestSARCA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Fe County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Escondillo: 3 prospects, 3 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Uranium, Iron, Beryllium. 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
CundiyoIronOccurrence
Santa Rita Beryl ProspectBerylliumProspect
Hubbard ProspectUraniumProspect
MarionUraniumUnknown
B.A.T. Claims MineMicaPast Producer1955, 1956, 1964
Green Rock MineMicaPast Producer1955, 1956
Tip Top MineMicaPast Producer1955, 1956, 1957
Unnamed ProspectsMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Santa Fe 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
Cundiyo0.5 miles16
Potrero3.4 miles16
Rio Chiquito3.5 miles12
Nambe Pueblo6.0 miles16
La Puebla6.1 miles16
Nambe6.4 miles16
Rancho Valle6.7 miles20
Quarteles7.0 miles20

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 Q122553613The 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 901973. 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.