BlockLa Gotera, New Mexico
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1883 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Cuba census division. It stands on Cañada Salada. The Survey maps it on the La Gotera quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1883 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1886 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1899 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS La Gotera quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Grants quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
3 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of La Gotera between 1994 and 1996, burning about 3 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | INTERSTATE |
| 1 July 1994 | Smoking | under an acre | Albuquerque District Office | ALGODONES |
| 28 January 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CRUZ |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of La Gotera: 6 occurrences, 4 prospects, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. and G. Prospect | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Betty Mine | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Brookhaven Prospect | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Dorey Mine | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Rio Puerco Mine | Uranium | Past Producer | 1970, 1979, 1980 | |
| Section 17 Prospects | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Section 18 Prospects | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Uranium Deposit | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Uranium Prospect | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Uranium Prospect | Uranium | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marquez | 5.9 miles | 18 | |
| Cuervo Crossing | 9.3 miles | 18 | |
| Casa Salazar | 12.6 miles | 18 | |
| Guadalupe | 16.1 miles | 20 | |
| Cabezon | 22.4 miles | 19 | |
| San Luis | 26.8 miles | 19 | |
| Rio Rancho Estates | 28.2 miles | 21 | |
| San Ysidro | 28.3 miles | 17 |
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 Q122549603 | 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 899702. 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.