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La Careda, New Mexico

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Rio Chama census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87510. It stands on Arroyo del Cobre. The Survey maps it on the Abiquiu quadrangle.

La Careda within Rio Arriba County

On record in La Careda

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

20 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of La Careda between 1992 and 2020, burning about 38 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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
5 June 2000Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestLOVATO
15 June 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChama DistrictPADILLA
30 May 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCarson National ForestRED ROCKS #6 ACF
23 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
22 May 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
20 May 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestCHAMA
1 May 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionJACK
19 April 1992Smokingunder an acreCarson National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rio Arriba County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of La Careda: 1 past producer, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lily BelleCopperProspect
Ra03-001Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
White DepositGold, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Rio Arriba 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
El Curuco0.4 miles14
Abiquiu0.4 miles14
Buena Vista0.9 miles14
Barranca1.3 miles14
Frijoles Spring3.8 miles14
Tierra Azul3.9 miles14
Plaza Blanca4.3 miles13
Cañones6.3 miles15

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 Q122594070The 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 907618. 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.