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Gardiner, New Mexico

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Raton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87740. It lies in Gardiner Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Raton quadrangle.

Gardiner within Colfax County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

Fires near this place

22 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Gardiner between 1996 and 2020, burning about 21,327 acres in total. 12 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
Natural12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use3
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
1 September 2007Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
9 August 2002Natural12 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionOLD PASS
9 August 2000Natural45 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionDUTCHMAN
13 August 2000Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionOLDPASS
19 July 2010Natural6.0 acresCimarron DistrictCOAL
18 July 2020Naturalunder an acreCimarron DistrictROMBO
16 July 2000Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSPENCER
22 June 2006Natural14 acresNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colfax 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 Gardiner: 4 unknowns, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Graphite. 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
Graphite ProspectGraphiteOccurrence
Raton DepositGraphiteProspect1889
Standard Graphite Co ProspectGraphiteProspect
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Colfax 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
Dillon1.9 miles15
Raton2.6 miles15
Keota4.8 miles15
Brilliant5.6 miles11
Carisbrook6.3 miles15
Sugarite6.7 miles15
Van Houten7.8 miles12
Yankee9.2 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 899645. 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.