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Lagunita, New Mexico

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Las Vegas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87701. It lies near Tres Hermanos CaƱon. The Survey maps it on the Apache Springs quadrangle.

Lagunita within San Miguel County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

26 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Lagunita between 1996 and 2020, burning about 358 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 2 were 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/undetermined12
Debris and open burning5
Natural5
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
20 August 2019Naturalunder an acreLas Vegas District20-40190191X
9 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestCHICO
26 July 2020Natural1.0 acresLas Vegas District21-40280142X
17 July 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
14 July 2001Equipment and vehicle use2.5 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSANDS
11 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresLas Vegas District21-40100063X
9 June 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMONTOYA
25 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresLas Vegas District20-40850711X

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Miguel County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lagunita: 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Blake MineCopperPast Producer1900, 1905
Blake MineCopperPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Miguel 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
Apache Springs2.8 miles14
Chapelle3.0 miles15
Los Montoyas4.1 miles14
Bernal4.2 miles15
Serafina4.7 miles15
Myers5.3 miles14
Blanchard6.2 miles15
Tecolote6.7 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 907811. 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.