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Gallegos, New Mexico

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Estancia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87015. The Survey maps it on the Edgewood quadrangle.

Gallegos within Torrance County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

99 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Gallegos between 1992 and 2020, burning about 500 acres in total. 5 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined65
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Fireworks6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural5
Firearms and explosives use1
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
27 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
16 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
8 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBernalillo District21-60520186X
31 August 2004Naturalunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyTOTAVI
25 August 2002Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionRIDGEWOOD
25 August 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSTUBBY
22 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSTEVE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Torrance County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Gallegos: 4 occurrences, 4 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
La Don MineCopperUnknown
Materials PitStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
TinaBarium-Barite, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
SchockleyBarium-BariteOccurrence
Tina Barite DepositBarium-Barite, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Tina ProspectBarium-Barite, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrenceVein
Bassett PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Sun and Soil Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Torrance 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
Martinez3.1 miles13
Pine Springs6.3 miles13
Moriarty6.5 miles10
Otto8.2 miles17
Estancia Ranchettes12.9 miles7
McIntosh13.0 miles10
Witt14.5 miles10
Antelope Springs14.8 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 920816. 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.