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La Manga, New Mexico

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Pecos census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87701. The Survey maps it on the Ojitos Frios quadrangle.

La Manga within San Miguel County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

60 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of La Manga between 1993 and 2020, burning about 282 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 1 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
Natural27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
8 August 2005Natural2.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionBARNETT
7 August 2008Naturalunder an acreLas Vegas National Wildlife RefugeRANGE UNIT 7
28 August 2002Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionBLUE RIDGE
14 August 2012Natural1.3 acresLas Vegas DistrictALAMITO
12 August 2003Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionLUCERO
6 July 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Division337
4 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionINDEPENDENCE
28 July 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionBLUE-RIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Miguel 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 Manga: 3 unknowns. None of them 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
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in San Miguel 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
Cedar Hill1.1 miles15
Ojita1.2 miles14
Romeroville1.4 miles14
Sheridan1.4 miles14
Santa Ana2.7 miles15
Gabaldon2.8 miles15
Romero2.8 miles14
Ojitos Frios2.9 miles15

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 Q122550826The 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 907682. 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.