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Las Dispensas, New Mexico

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Las Vegas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87745. It stands on Deer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Montezuma quadrangle.

Las Dispensas within San Miguel County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Las Dispensas between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,258 acres in total. 44 started naturally. None 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
Natural44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Debris and open burning9
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2019Natural3.5 acresLas Vegas District20-40270239X
23 September 2002Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionFALL
10 September 2017Natural20 acresSanta Fe National ForestBEAVER CREEK
1 September 2018Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestEL PORVENIR
9 August 2004Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestHERMIT
8 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSWAMP
6 August 2015Natural1.0 acresSanta Fe National ForestDAVY
29 August 2015Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestTIJERA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Miguel County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Las Dispensas: 4 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Molybdenum, Uranium, Molybdenum, Copper, Copper, Tungsten, Bismuth. 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
Bert Hoover Lode No. 1Molybdenum, Copper, Tungsten, BismuthPast Producer1914, 1916, 1950
El Porvenir DistrictCopper, Tungsten, MolybdenumOccurrenceQUARTZ PEGMATITE VEIN
PorverirMolybdenum, CopperOccurrenceMalachite, Molybdenite, Scheelite
Santo NinoMolybdenum, CopperProspect
Baker GulchUraniumOccurrence
Black NuggetUraniumOccurrence

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
San Ignacio1.8 miles16
El Porvenir3.6 miles15
Canoncito4.2 miles16
Las Tusas4.3 miles16
Gallinas4.6 miles16
Pendaries Village5.1 miles15
Manuelitas5.7 miles16
Sapello5.9 miles16

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 Q122565477The 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 907867. 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.