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Las Cocinitas, New Mexico

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 2006. It stands in the Rio Rancho census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87004. It lies near CaƱon del Agua. The Survey maps it on the Bernalillo quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Las Cocinitas within Sandoval County

On record in Las Cocinitas

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 20 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

170 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Las Cocinitas (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 426 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 9 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
Debris and open burning59
Missing data/not specified/undetermined56
Natural13
Equipment and vehicle use13
Smoking9
Arson/incendiarism9
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1
Fireworks1

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
9 September 1992Natural2.0 acresSouthern Pueblos Agencynot named
8 September 1992Smoking1.0 acresCibola National Forestnot named
5 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouthern Pueblos AgencyBACA
15 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionDM
8 August 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencyMONTOYA
6 August 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencyTURKEY
3 August 2011Naturalunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencyPIEDRA LISA
27 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBernalillo DistrictPPE 9/9 PREPO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sandoval County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Las Cocinitas (historical): 10 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper. 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
Buckeye ClaimLead, Silver, CopperProspect
Placitas DistrictGoldPast ProducerPLACER
Coronado PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Grevey PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Montoya PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
North PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Pit Number 56-91-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pit Number 56-92-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pit Number 61-48-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Bernalillo0.0 miles20
Desert Mountain2.1 miles20
El Llanito2.3 miles20
El Chapparal2.3 miles20
Anasazi Trails2.3 miles20
Rivajana2.7 miles20
Chical3.2 miles20
Sandia Pueblo3.2 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 902473. 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.