BlockGallinas, New Mexico
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Pecos census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87731. It lies near Sandoval Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Montezuma quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1889 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Montezuma quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Montezuma quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
108 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Gallinas between 1993 and 2020, burning about 438 acres in total. 54 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 54 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| 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 2019 | Natural | 3.5 acres | Las Vegas District | 20-40270239X |
| 23 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | FALL |
| 1 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | EL PORVENIR |
| 8 August 2019 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Las Vegas District | 20-40140164X |
| 8 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SWAMP |
| 7 August 2020 | Natural | 20 acres | Las Vegas District | LA CUEVA CANYON |
| 3 August 2012 | Natural | 3.5 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LOS VIGILS |
| 26 August 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | TANK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Gallinas: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Molybdenum, Copper, Tungsten, Bismuth, Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Gulch | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Bert Hoover Lode No. 1 | Molybdenum, Copper, Tungsten, Bismuth | Past Producer | 1914, 1916, 1950 |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trout Springs | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| El Porvenir | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Hot Springs | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Montezuma | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Las Dispensas | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| El Llano | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Los Vigiles | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Mineral Hill | 5.4 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 915826. 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.