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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1889 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Montezuma quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Montezuma quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
90 since 1993Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 44 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Natural | 3.5 acres | Las Vegas District | 20-40270239X |
| 23 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | FALL |
| 10 September 2017 | Natural | 20 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | BEAVER CREEK |
| 1 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | EL PORVENIR |
| 9 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | HERMIT |
| 8 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SWAMP |
| 6 August 2015 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | DAVY |
| 29 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | TIJERA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bert Hoover Lode No. 1 | Molybdenum, Copper, Tungsten, Bismuth | Past Producer | 1914, 1916, 1950 | |
| El Porvenir District | Copper, Tungsten, Molybdenum | Occurrence | QUARTZ PEGMATITE VEIN | |
| Porverir | Molybdenum, Copper | Occurrence | Malachite, Molybdenite, Scheelite | |
| Santo Nino | Molybdenum, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Baker Gulch | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Black Nugget | Uranium | Occurrence |
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 Ignacio | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| El Porvenir | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Canoncito | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Las Tusas | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Gallinas | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Pendaries Village | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Manuelitas | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Sapello | 5.9 miles | 16 |
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 Q122565477 | 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 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.







