La Constancia, New Mexico
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Los Lunas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87002. The Survey maps it on the Tome quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1952 USGS Tome quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Belen quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Tome quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
469 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 469 fires within 5 miles of La Constancia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,377 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 230 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 167 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ANIMAL |
| 28 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SKUNK FIRE |
| 19 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | GROOT FIRE |
| 16 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.1 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MANZANO S |
| 14 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SERAFIN |
| 14 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ALLSUPS |
| 1 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | GIANT |
| 7 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Bernalillo District | 20-60380159X |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of La Constancia: 4 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 66-1-F | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 64-1-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Tome Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azul | 1.6 miles | 10 | |
| Rio Grande Estates | 2.0 miles | 10 | |
| Rio Communities | 2.0 miles | 10 | |
| La Ladera | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Belen | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Los Trujillos | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Adelino | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Bacaville | 3.5 miles | 10 |
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 Q122544819 | 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 890791. 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.





