Las Tablas, New Mexico
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Vallecitos census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87554. It stands on CaƱada del Agua. The Survey maps it on the Las Tablas quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1918 USGS Tusas quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Las Tablas quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Chama quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Las Tablas quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
89 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Las Tablas between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,562 acres in total. 70 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 70 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | ROAD TANK |
| 25 September 2006 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Carson National Forest | BURMA |
| 24 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | not named |
| 1 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | ORTIZ |
| 6 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | GRANT FIRE |
| 6 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | PETACA |
| 5 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | ARCHULETA |
| 4 August 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | SLASH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 141 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 141 workings within 5 miles of Las Tablas: 60 past producers, 57 prospects, 14 occurrences, 7 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Mica, Beryllium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Kyanite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache No. 2 Mine | Mica, Bismuth, Beryllium, Uranium, Thorium, REE | Past Producer | 1880, 1900, 1965 | |
| Buena Vista Deposit | Mica, Feldspar, Uranium, Thorium, REE | Past Producer | 1935, 1939 | |
| Coates Tunnel | Niobium (Columbium), Mica | Past Producer | ||
| El Camino | Mica, Beryllium | Prospect | ||
| El Contento | Beryllium, Feldspar, Mica | Prospect | ||
| Fridlund | REE, Bismuth, Niobium (Columbium), Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Fridlund Mine | Mica, Niobium (Columbium), Uranium, Thorium, REE | Past Producer | 1920, 1950, 1958 | |
| Green Peak Deposit | Mica, Copper, Uranium | Occurrence | 1885 | |
| Green Peak Mine | Copper, Mica | Prospect | ||
| Kaiwa | Beryllium, REE, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Las Tablas in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2015 | Hail | Las Tablas | - | Golf ball size hail fell along highway 285 south of Tres Piedras. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petaca | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| South Petaca | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Vallecitos | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Ancones | 9.3 miles | 12 | |
| La Madera | 11.7 miles | 12 | |
| La Cueva (historical) | 13.0 miles | 12 | |
| El Rito | 16.9 miles | 11 | |
| Las Placitas | 17.5 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 907880. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







