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Gonzales, New Mexico

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Red Rock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87312. The Survey maps it on the Continental Divide quadrangle.

Gonzales within McKinley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

10 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Gonzales between 1993 and 2020, burning about 14 acres in total. 8 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
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
11 August 1993Naturalunder an acreCibola National Forestnot named
1 August 2001Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestFOSTER
8 July 2002Natural8.0 acresCibola National ForestFOSTER
21 July 2016Naturalunder an acreBernalillo DistrictSINGLE TREE
19 July 2011Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestPINON
15 July 2019Naturalunder an acreBernalillo District20-60170073X
15 June 1999Natural1.0 acresNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementBIACONTDIV
29 May 2003Natural2.0 acresNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementMTPOWELL1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McKinley County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Gonzales: 13 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Last Chance Z Uran DepositUraniumUnknown
Red Cap GroupUraniumOccurrence
State Hwy Pit No. 56-70-SStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
State Hwy Pit No. 57-96-SStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Coolidge PitStoneUnknown
Rock PitStoneUnknown
Top of WorldStoneUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in McKinley 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
Continental Divide0.4 miles16
Coolidge2.6 miles16
South Guam4.5 miles17
North Guam5.0 miles16
Thoreau5.5 miles16
Ciniza6.9 miles17
Jamestown7.1 miles17
North Chaves9.0 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 906631. 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.