La Cueva, New Mexico
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Santa Fe South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87535. The Survey maps it on the Pecos quadrangle.
On record in La Cueva
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- La Cueva Mill, La Cuevafederal building survey, 1 photograph
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1889 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Pecos quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Pecos quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
121 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of La Cueva between 1992 and 2020, burning about 295 acres in total. 68 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 68 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | HAGEN |
| 5 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | GLORIETA CREEK |
| 18 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | LISBOA |
| 8 August 2011 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | GULCH |
| 8 August 2003 | Natural | 16 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | POSADA |
| 8 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Pecos National Historical Park | STRIKETWO |
| 7 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | ORTIGA |
| 5 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | ALAMITOS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of La Cueva: 2 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview Lode Mine | Copper, Silver | Occurrence | 1910 | |
| Kunklin | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Paytiamo Deposit | Copper | Occurrence | 1942 | |
| Paytiano | Copper | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glorieta | 2.0 miles | 19 | |
| Cañada de los Alamos | 6.8 miles | 19 | |
| El Dorado at Santa Fe | 9.8 miles | 18 | |
| Sunlit Hills | 10.1 miles | 18 | |
| El Dorado | 10.3 miles | 18 | |
| Seton Village | 10.6 miles | 18 | |
| La Loma | 10.6 miles | 18 | |
| Lamy | 10.9 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 907631. 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.






