Fairview, 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 87532. It stands on Arroyo de Ranchitos. The Survey maps it on the San Juan Pueblo quadrangle.

Fairview 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

377 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 377 fires within 5 miles of Fairview between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,361 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 66 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	149
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	72
Arson/incendiarism	66
Natural	27
Fireworks	16
Misuse of fire by a minor	13
Smoking	13
Equipment and vehicle use	11
Recreation and ceremony	7
Other causes	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
9 September 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	PHILIP
7 September 2001	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Northern Pueblos Agency	BROKEN AX
7 September 1998	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Santa Fe National Forest	RESUMEDERO
3 September 1992	Natural	4.5 acres	Bandelier National Monument	CHURCH
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
6 August 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	M50
31 August 1998	Natural	under an acre	Santa Fe National Forest	JOE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rio Arriba County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Fairview: 6 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium. 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
Rogers	Uranium	Occurrence
Bartholomew - Sanchez Grant Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Lowdermilk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
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. 59-60-S	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Prospect
Materials Pit No. 59-62-S	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Prospect
Materials Pit No. 68-1-S	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Prospect

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
Santo Niño	0.5 miles	15
El Llano	1.1 miles	15
El Guacho	1.2 miles	15
Riverside	1.2 miles	20
Ranchitos	1.3 miles	15
Española	1.5 miles	20
San Pedro	1.7 miles	20
Guachupangue	2.1 miles	20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 899632. 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.