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Laborcita, New Mexico

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Socorro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87801. The Survey maps it on the San Antonio quadrangle.

Laborcita within Socorro County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

73 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Laborcita between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,573 acres in total. 8 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Equipment and vehicle use13
Natural8
Debris and open burning6
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks2
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 September 2000Smokingunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMM143-I25
3 August 2011Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionRHODES
13 August 2000Natural1.0 acresSocorro Field OfficeYORK
8 July 2002Naturalunder an acreSocorro Field OfficeCOTTONWOOD
7 July 2009Smokingunder an acreBosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge139 FIRE
7 July 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionBENAVEDIZ
7 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSocorro Field OfficeBENIVEDEZ
4 July 1995Fireworksunder an acreLas Cruces Field OfficeMM144

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Socorro County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Laborcita: 5 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead, Kaolin. 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
Socorro MountainKaolinPast ProducerResidual
U S Mining & Milling Corp MillZinc, Gold, Silver, LeadUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials Pit 59-12-FSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials Pit 60-19-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials Pit 61-40-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials Pit 72-1-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Socorro County

Storms near this place

1 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Laborcita in 1 storm report in 2013: 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2013Flash FloodLaborcita$600,000Numerous reports of roads flooded, washed out, and damaged in eastern portion of Socorro County. Emergency Manager indicated cost of damage was near 1.2 million dollars.

Every storm recorded in Socorro 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
San Antonio1.9 miles10
Bosquecito2.4 miles10
San Pedro2.8 miles10
Luis Lopez3.1 miles10
San Antonito3.7 miles10
Tajo (historical)6.8 miles15
Socorro7.9 miles14
Kinney Wells8.1 miles10

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 Q122551204The 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 897563. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.