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La Madera, New Mexico

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Rio Rancho census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87047. It lies near CaƱon Madera. The Survey maps it on the Sandia Park quadrangle.

La Madera within Sandoval County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

135 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of La Madera between 1992 and 2020, burning about 51 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 7 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
Recreation and ceremony66
Natural33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism7
Fireworks6
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

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 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCibola National ForestDOC LONG
6 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCibola National Forestnot named
27 September 2017Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestTOWER
20 September 2017Naturalunder an acreCibola National Forest10K
17 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCibola National ForestBALSAM TRAIL
15 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCibola National ForestDOC
15 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCibola National ForestNINE MILE
1 September 2020Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestCAPULIN PEAK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sandoval County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of La Madera: 12 occurrences, 6 prospects, 6 past producers, 3 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Lead, Gold. 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
Capulin Peak MineBarium-Barite, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence1925
Carbonatite DepositCobaltUnknown
Darrel ProspectLead, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence1915
Diamond Tail ProjectUraniumProspect
Donnell ProspectGold, Silver, CopperOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
La Luz MineLead, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper, Gold, Barium-BariteOccurrence1887
Landsend ProspectFluorine-Fluorite, Barium-BariteOccurrence1955
Las Huertas Copper ProspectsIron, Copper, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect
Mohawk ProspectFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Barium-Barite, CopperOccurrenceBarite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Fluorite, Galena, Malachite

Every working recorded in Sandoval 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
Paako Communities3.4 miles17
San Pedro Creek3.6 miles17
San Pedro Overlook4.9 miles17
Puertecito5.3 miles20
Village de las Huertas5.8 miles20
Las Huertas5.8 miles20
Montezuma (historical)6.3 miles20
Placitas6.5 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 907678. 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.