La Puente, New Mexico
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Tierra Amarilla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87575. The Survey maps it on the Tierra Amarilla quadrangle. It stands 7,264 feet above sea level.
On record in La Puente
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 1 record
- La Puente Community Ditchlisted 1986
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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 Aztec quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Tierra Amarilla quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Chama quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Tierra Amarilla quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
122 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of La Puente between 1992 and 2020, burning about 217 acres in total. 41 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/undetermined | 54 |
| Natural | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Chama District | HERON |
| 23 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | TINA |
| 18 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | VALDEZ FIRE |
| 1 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | VISITOR |
| 9 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | JUNCTION |
| 7 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Chama District | PLAZA |
| 7 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Jicarilla Agency | NEAR MISS |
| 4 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | GOTIT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Puente: 2 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B - 01294 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lower Brazos | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit No. 65-64-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Materials Pit No. 70-15-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Rutheron Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rutheron | 1.4 miles | 12 | |
| Los Ojos | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Tierra Amarilla | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Ensenada | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Brazos | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Las Nutrias | 9.2 miles | 11 | |
| El Vado | 10.0 miles | 12 | |
| Cebolla | 12.7 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.
| Wikipedia article on La Puente | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q136466249 | 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 899709. 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.






