Llano Quemado, New Mexico
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Taos census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87557. It stands on Rio Chiquito. The Survey maps it on the Ranchos De Taos quadrangle.
On record in Llano Quemado
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
San Francisco de Assisi Mission ChurchNational Historic Landmark · listed 1970 · 0.8 miles away
Ranchos de Taos Plazalisted 1978 · 0.7 miles away
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Sofio Fernandez House, Llano Quemadofederal building survey, 5 photographs
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Ranchos De Taos quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Taos quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Ranchos De Taos quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
70 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Llano Quemado between 1994 and 2020, burning about 5,970 acres in total. 25 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 | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2001 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Carson National Forest | BEAR WALLOW |
| 7 August 2018 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Carson National Forest | TETILLAS |
| 4 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Taos Field Office | MIRANDA |
| 29 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | RAMPS |
| 28 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | HONDOCANYON |
| 20 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Taos Field Office | STAKEOUT |
| 11 August 2003 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Carson National Forest | BEAR WALLOW FIRE |
| 9 July 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.1 acres | Albuquerque District Office | BLAKE |
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 Llano Quemado: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kaolin, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cueva Blanca Mine | Kaolin, Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ranchos de Taos | 0.7 miles | 10 | |
| Talpa | 1.0 miles | 10 | |
| Los Cordovas | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Lower Ranchito | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Ranchito | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Cañon | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Taos | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Pot Creek | 5.5 miles | 10 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Llano Quemado | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q108902254 | 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 908093. 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.




