BlockJohn Padilla Settlement, New Mexico
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Magdalena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87825. The Survey maps it on the Puertecito quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Puertecito quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Magdalena quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Puertecito quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of John Padilla Settlement between 1999 and 2018, burning about 20 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 July 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | CORKSCREW |
| 30 June 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | UFO ALAMO |
| 20 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 19 April 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Cibola National Forest | ALAMO |
| 13 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | CHAVEZ SPRINGS |
| 13 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | 3 TANKS FIRE |
| 3 March 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | ALAMO 1 |
| 6 January 2014 | Smoking | 6.3 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | CHERRY FIRE |
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 John Padilla Settlement: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit 78-19-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rule Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | Chalcocite, Covellite, Malachite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alamo | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Puertecito | 6.2 miles | 7 | |
| Riley | 13.0 miles | 9 | |
| Augustine (historical) | 21.4 miles | 6 | |
| Magdalena | 22.1 miles | 10 | |
| Kelly | 25.2 miles | 10 | |
| Monica (historical) | 29.5 miles | 9 | |
| Alamillo | 30.9 miles | 9 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122540253 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 914090. 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.