BlockLa Petra, New Mexico
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Truth or Consequences West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87939. It lies near Red Rock Arroyo. The Survey maps it on the Monticello quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1954 USGS Tucson Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Truth or Consequences quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of La Petra in 2008, burning about 99 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 June 2008 | Natural | 98 acres | Cibola National Forest | BURMA |
| 19 June 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | VIVIAN |
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of La Petra: 3 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Copper, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Silver, Lead, Copper, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goldsborough 1,2,3,4 | Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Negro Diggings | Silver, Lead, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Terry Prospect | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Terry Prospect 1948 | Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | 1948 | |
| Venus No. 1 | Silver, Gold, Copper | Occurrence | Argentite, Cerargyrite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monticello | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Placitas | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Winston | 13.4 miles | 11 | |
| Cuchillo | 14.0 miles | 9 | |
| Chise | 14.5 miles | 10 | |
| Chloride | 15.1 miles | 11 | |
| Grafton | 17.2 miles | 11 | |
| Rock Canyon | 18.3 miles | 14 |
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 Q122597230 | 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 907708. 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.