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La Joyita, New Mexico

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Socorro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87801. It stands on Arroyo Rosa de Castillo. The Survey maps it on the La Joya quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

La Joyita within Socorro County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

46 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of La Joyita (historical) between 1995 and 2019, burning about 137 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined22
Equipment and vehicle use9
Debris and open burning6
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes2

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
28 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMM168-25
23 August 2010Natural2.0 acresSevilleta National Wildlife RefugeBOWLING GREEN
14 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSocorro District20-30170202X
4 July 2002Natural55 acresSevilleta National Wildlife RefugeBOOT
24 July 1998Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestLACKEY
2 July 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Division164
3 June 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionROBERTA
22 June 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionLA JOYA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Socorro County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of La Joyita (historical): 3 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite. 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
Bachelder-Everheart ProspectLead, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-BariteOccurrenceBarite, Fluorite, Galena
Bachelder-Everheart ProspectBarium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, LeadPast Producer
DeweyBarium-Barite, Calcium, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect
Dewey MineLead, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1902
Dewey MineBarium-Barite, Calcium, Fluorine-Fluorite, LeadOccurrence
JoyitaFluorine-FluoriteProspect
Joyita ProspectsIron, Calcium, Fluorine-Fluorite, SilicaOccurrence
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials Pit 68-10-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Socorro 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
San Acacia2.1 miles9
Alamillo3.0 miles9
Chamizal4.2 miles13
San Geronimo5.0 miles10
Polvadera5.1 miles13
McNierney5.3 miles13
La Joya5.9 miles10
Red Mill6.3 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 920129. 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.