BlockLa Tierra, New Mexico
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Santa Fe North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87506. The Survey maps it on the Agua Fria quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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.
- 1892 USGS Santa Clara quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Agua Fria quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1953 USGS Agua Fria quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Los Alamos quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 2002 USGS Agua Fria quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
28 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of La Tierra between 1994 and 2020, burning about 406 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Taos Field Office | SHOOTING RANGE |
| 4 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | RODEO |
| 3 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | GALLEGOS |
| 27 July 2011 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BUCKMAN |
| 16 July 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Bernalillo District | 20-60190077N |
| 13 July 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Bernalillo District | 21-60280087X |
| 26 June 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | COMMUNITY |
| 22 June 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Bernalillo District | BERG |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of La Tierra: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kosack Mining Co | Gold, Silver | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Las Dos | 1.8 miles | 20 | |
| Las Campanas | 2.3 miles | 20 | |
| Tano Road | 3.6 miles | 23 | |
| Tres Arroyos | 4.4 miles | 20 | |
| Tesuque Pueblo | 5.5 miles | 19 | |
| Tesuque | 5.6 miles | 19 | |
| Agua Fria | 5.6 miles | 20 | |
| Analco (historical) | 5.9 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2806762. 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.