LaVentana, 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. The Survey maps it on the La Ventana quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 19 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.
- 1890 USGS Jemes quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1892 USGS Jemes quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Jemez quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1939 USGS La Ventana quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS La Ventana quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1970 USGS La Ventana quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Los Alamos quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 2002 USGS La Ventana quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
26 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of LaVentana between 1992 and 2020, burning about 34 acres in total. 15 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 | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2010 | Natural | 10 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | BOUNDARY |
| 27 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Rio Puerco Field Office | PINOS |
| 25 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | SEMILLA |
| 14 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Albuquerque District Office | TREE |
| 11 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Albuquerque District Office | ISKRA |
| 10 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Rio Puerco Field Office | MM52 |
| 10 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | MM 52 |
| 9 July 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Rio Puerco Field Office | PIEDRA LUMBRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of LaVentana: 10 past producers, 6 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Vanadium, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler Brothers Mine | Vanadium, Uranium | Past Producer | 1954, 1955, 1959 | |
| Peacock Nos 1 & 2 | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kolosa Placer Claim | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Pit Number 61-34-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pit Number 65-43-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sunnyslope | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Warm Springs | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Cuba 13 Prospect | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| De Dos Gordos Prospect | 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 Miguel | 6.7 miles | 19 | |
| San Pablo | 8.7 miles | 19 | |
| O'Neil Landing | 9.7 miles | 20 | |
| Porter | 9.8 miles | 20 | |
| San Luis | 10.8 miles | 19 | |
| Señorito | 10.8 miles | 19 | |
| Lagunitas | 11.4 miles | 19 | |
| Deer Creek Landing | 11.9 miles | 18 |
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 Q122547721 | 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 907733. 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.











