Gallegos, New Mexico

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the South Rio Arriba census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87549. It stands on Arroyo Cerro Negro. The Survey maps it on the Ojo Caliente quadrangle.

Gallegos within Rio Arriba County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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 Ojo Caliente quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1954 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
1995 USGS Ojo Caliente quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

29 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Gallegos between 1992 and 2017, burning about 34 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12
Debris and open burning	4
Natural	4
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Smoking	1
Other causes	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
27 August 2011	Natural	under an acre	Carson National Forest	HONDO
25 August 2001	Natural	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	PRIVATE
1 August 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	OLIVER
9 July 2013	Natural	under an acre	Carson National Forest	CERRO FIRE
8 July 2000	Natural	under an acre	Carson National Forest	PLAZA
23 July 2009	Debris and open burning	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	PETACA
18 July 2000	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	STATE
29 June 1992	Smoking	under an acre	Albuquerque District Office	OJITO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rio Arriba County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Gallegos: 12 prospects, 6 past producers, 5 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal, Quartz. 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	Recorded
Los Compadres	Quartz	Unknown
Unknown Spring	Geothermal	Unknown
Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Materials Pit No. 62-42-S	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Prospect
Materials Pit No. 78-10-S	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Prospect
Materials Pit No. 78-41-S	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Prospect
Antonio Joseph Prospect	Mica	Prospect
Joseph Mine	Mica	Past Producer	1900, 1965
Joseph Mine	Mica	Past 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
Duranes	1.4 miles	12
La Cueva (historical)	5.4 miles	12
Las Placitas	6.4 miles	11
La Madera	6.8 miles	12
Embudo	7.3 miles	11
El Rito	8.2 miles	11
La Cienaga	8.5 miles	11
La Junta	8.9 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 906440. 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.