Estaca, New Mexico

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the South Rio Arriba census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87566. It stands on Arroyo del Palacio. The Survey maps it on the San Juan Pueblo quadrangle.

Estaca within Rio Arriba County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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.

1918 USGS Abiquiu quadrangle1:125000
1953 USGS San Juan Pueblo quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1953 USGS San Juan Pueblo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
2002 USGS San Juan Pueblo quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

236 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 236 fires within 5 miles of Estaca between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,556 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 37 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
Debris and open burning	105
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	53
Arson/incendiarism	37
Natural	14
Fireworks	7
Misuse of fire by a minor	6
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Smoking	4
Other causes	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Recreation and ceremony	1

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
19 September 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Northern Pueblos Agency	DEBRIS
7 August 1993	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Northern Pueblos Agency	FENCE
15 August 2000	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Northern Pueblos Agency	DUMP
14 August 2020	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Northern Pueblos Agency	PILE
10 August 2015	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Northern Pueblos Agency	STONE QUARRY
10 August 2008	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Northern Pueblos Agency	NOEL
9 July 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.5 acres	Albuquerque District Office	ALCALOE
8 July 2020	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Chama District	21-10050046X

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rio Arriba County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Estaca: 5 prospects, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bentonite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Lyden Bentonite Deposit	Bentonite	Unknown
Materials Pit No. 55-70-S	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Prospect
Materials Pit No. 59-55-S	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Prospect
Materials Pit No. 59-56-S	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Prospect
Materials Pit No. 64-17-S	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Prospect
Materials Pit No. 68-1-S	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Prospect
Sebastian - Martin Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Los Luceros	0.6 miles	15
La Villita	0.8 miles	15
Alcalde	1.6 miles	15
Guique	1.9 miles	15
Pueblito	2.8 miles	15
Chamita	3.5 miles	15
Lyden	3.7 miles	13
San Juan Pueblo	4.1 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 928730. 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.