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Kemp, New Mexico

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 2006. It stands in the East Bernalillo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87008. It lies near Lorenzo Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Tijeras quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Kemp within Bernalillo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

169 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of Kemp (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 156 acres in total. 41 started naturally. 6 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 ceremony73
Natural41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use9
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes2
Smoking1
Fireworks1

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
7 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCibola National ForestDOC LONG
6 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCibola National Forest462
26 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Division5 HILLS
25 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCibola National Forestnot named
22 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCibola National ForestCEDRO WEST
15 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCibola National ForestDOC
14 September 2019Natural1.8 acresCibola National ForestHAWK WATCH
6 August 2000Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestEMBUDITO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bernalillo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Kemp (historical): 12 producers, 11 unknowns, 5 occurrences, 2 past producers. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fluorine-Fluorite, Clay, Limestone, General. 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
Gypsum PitGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
Ideal Basic Industries Cement Plant and QuarryCement RockProducer1959
Mary MGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Materials Pit 58-9-SLimestone, DimensionProducer
Shakespeare MineBarium-Barite, Copper, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrenceBarite, Chalcocite, Copper, Fluorite
Silver Ring-Verdun ClaimsGold, Silver, LeadUnknown
Tijeras MineLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Tijeras PitClay, StoneProducerSedimentary
Unknown Name Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)ProducerSedimentary
Copper ProspectCopperOccurrence

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
Cedar Crest0.1 miles18
San Antonio0.4 miles21
Casa Loma0.6 miles21
Forest Park0.6 miles18
Rincon0.9 miles18
Zamora1.1 miles18
Sierra Vista Estates1.6 miles17
Primera Agua1.7 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 920773. 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.