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Lagunitas, New Mexico

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Cuba census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87013. It stands on Nacimiento Creek. The Survey maps it on the San Pablo quadrangle.

Lagunitas within Sandoval County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 19 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

90 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Lagunitas between 1992 and 2020, burning about 133 acres in total. 52 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
Natural52
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Debris and open burning7
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
29 September 2000Natural1.0 acresAlbuquerque District OfficeHWY 44
24 September 2004Debris and open burning2.5 acresSanta Fe National ForestHERRERA
21 September 1995Natural10 acresSanta Fe National ForestLUCERO
8 August 1992Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National Forestnot named
7 August 2004Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestJODIE
7 August 2004Natural1.0 acresSanta Fe National ForestSANDOVAL
7 August 2004Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestMESA
4 August 2003Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionADRINO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sandoval County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Lagunitas: 13 past producers, 2 producers, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Uranium, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Butler BrosManganesePast Producer
Eureka Mesa QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Nacimiento Copper MineCopper, SilverPast Producer1859, 1971
Bluebird ClaimUranium, CopperPast Producer
ChalcociteCopper, UraniumPast Producer
CliffCopper, UraniumPast Producer
Copper CityCopper, UraniumPast Producer
Shaw No 2 ClaimUraniumOccurrence
Elena #6CopperProspect
Unnamed AditCopperProspect

Every working recorded in Sandoval 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
Cuba2.6 miles17
La Placita3.3 miles17
Señorito4.0 miles19
Copper City (historical)4.0 miles17
Garrison4.9 miles17
San Pablo5.2 miles19
La Jara6.6 miles17
San Miguel6.7 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 907817. 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.