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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1948 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Tucson Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Oscura Mountains quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
73 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 September 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MM143-I25 |
| 3 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | RHODES |
| 13 August 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Socorro Field Office | YORK |
| 8 July 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Socorro Field Office | COTTONWOOD |
| 7 July 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge | 139 FIRE |
| 7 July 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BENAVEDIZ |
| 7 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Socorro Field Office | BENIVEDEZ |
| 4 July 1995 | Fireworks | under an acre | Las Cruces Field Office | MM144 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socorro Mountain | Kaolin | Past Producer | Residual | |
| U S Mining & Milling Corp Mill | Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 59-12-F | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit 60-19-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit 61-40-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit 72-1-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2013Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Laborcita | $600,000 | Numerous 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 1.9 miles | 10 | |
| Bosquecito | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| San Pedro | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Luis Lopez | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| San Antonito | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Tajo (historical) | 6.8 miles | 15 | |
| Socorro | 7.9 miles | 14 | |
| Kinney Wells | 8.1 miles | 10 |
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 Q122551204 | 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 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.





