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Ledoux, New Mexico

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Mora census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87732. It lies near Garcia Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Mora quadrangle. It stands 7,480 feet above sea level.

Ledoux within Mora 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

89 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Ledoux between 1993 and 2020, burning about 343 acres in total. 43 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
Natural43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Debris and open burning12
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 September 2020Natural1.0 acresLas Vegas District21-40470263X
8 August 2005Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCHARLIE
4 August 2013Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMORPHY
4 August 2000Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionGARCIA
27 August 2009Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMARRUJO
22 August 2013Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionROMO
2 August 2009Naturalunder an acreLas Vegas DistrictSAWYER
8 July 2013Natural1.0 acresLas Vegas DistrictCEBOLLITA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mora 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 Ledoux: 4 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Mica, Beryllium. 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
Great Western MineMicaPast Producer1949, 1952
Mora Beryl ProspectBerylliumOccurrence
Unnamed MineZincUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Mora County

Storms near this place

3 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ledoux in 3 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 2 hail, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2023Flash FloodLedoux-Heavy rain caused flash flooding within the Hermit's Peak Calf Canyon burn scar along State Highway 94 at mile marker 15, closing the road.
July 1996HailLedoux-no account filed
July 1996HailLedoux-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Mora 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
Cañon1.4 miles16
Abuelo1.5 miles16
North Carmen2.2 miles16
South Carmen2.5 miles16
Monte Aplanado2.8 miles16
Pacheco Village3.0 miles16
Santa Gertrudis (historical)3.2 miles16
Puertocito3.2 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 Q124972918The 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 907919. 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.