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La Ladera, 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 87031. It stands on La Canada de la Loma de Arena. The Survey maps it on the Tome quadrangle.

La Ladera within Valencia County

On record in La Ladera

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

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

444 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 444 fires within 5 miles of La Ladera between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,976 acres in total. 7 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 burning232
Missing data/not specified/undetermined141
Equipment and vehicle use20
Arson/incendiarism14
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Natural7
Smoking6
Other causes3
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1

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
7 September 2011Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionANIMAL
28 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSKUNK FIRE
27 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.8 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionAFS FIRE
21 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBernalillo DistrictHACKSAW FIRE
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBernalillo District20-60460253X
19 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionGROOT FIRE
16 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.1 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMANZANO S
14 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSERAFIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Valencia 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 Ladera: 2 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Tome PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Valencia 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
Adelino1.0 miles10
El Cerro1.2 miles10
Pasitos del Cielo1.7 miles10
Rio del Oro2.2 miles10
Tome2.3 miles10
La Constancia2.4 miles10
Los Chavez2.5 miles10
Azul2.5 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 899704. 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.