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Juan Tomas, New Mexico

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the East Bernalillo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87059. The Survey maps it on the Sedillo quadrangle.

Juan Tomas within Bernalillo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

112 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Juan Tomas between 1993 and 2020, burning about 143 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 4 were 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
Recreation and ceremony60
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Natural15
Arson/incendiarism4
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Other causes2
Smoking1
Firearms and explosives use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCibola National Forest462
22 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCibola National ForestCEDRO WEST
8 August 2009Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestYUCCA
8 August 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCibola National ForestOAK FLAT
6 August 2003Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestBEARSCAT
5 August 1994Naturalunder an acreCibola National Forestnot named
4 August 1995Natural1.0 acresCibola National ForestFLAT
30 August 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCibola National ForestROBIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bernalillo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Juan Tomas: 6 unknowns, 6 occurrences, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Limestone, General, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
La Don MineCopperUnknown
Little Apples Co. MineCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrence
Lowdermilk PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
TinaBarium-Barite, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Unknown Name Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)ProducerSedimentary
Uranium ClaimUraniumOccurrence
Hattie Clay PitsClayUnknown
Hattie MineClayProducerSedimentary
Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducer
SchockleyBarium-BariteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Bernalillo 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
Cedro2.9 miles18
Ponderosa Pine3.7 miles12
Yrisarri4.2 miles12
Miera4.3 miles12
Barton4.7 miles19
Sedillo5.0 miles18
Manzano Springs5.2 miles13
Corners5.3 miles18

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 Q122551662The 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 907472. 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.