Golden Acres, New Mexico
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1883 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Grants census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87020. The Survey maps it on the Milan quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 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.
- 1883 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1886 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1899 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Milan quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Grants quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1995 USGS Milan quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
13 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Golden Acres between 2000 and 2020, burning about 28 acres in total. None 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/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Bernalillo District | CRASH |
| 26 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Albuquerque District Office | COLLEGE |
| 5 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Bernalillo District | MILE MARKER 74 |
| 29 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Cibola National Forest | MILAN |
| 10 June 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | POLE |
| 5 May 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 16 May 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | RIO SAN JOSE |
| 28 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Golden Acres: 6 producers, 5 past producers, 4 unknowns. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Limestone, Dimension, Perlite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flea Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| United Nuclear-Homestake Mill | Uranium, Vanadium | Producer | ||
| Grants Perlite Mill | Perlite | Producer | ||
| Marinelli Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| United States Gypsum Perlite Mine | Perlite | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Hamilton Pit | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Materials Pit 57-83-S | Limestone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 67-29-S | Limestone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 67-31-S | Limestone, Dimension | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toltec | 0.3 miles | 20 | |
| Broadview | 2.4 miles | 20 | |
| Milan | 3.0 miles | 20 | |
| Bluewater | 5.1 miles | 19 | |
| Grants | 5.3 miles | 20 | |
| San Rafael | 6.9 miles | 19 | |
| Lobo Canyon | 9.9 miles | 20 | |
| Diener | 11.8 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2806690. 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.










