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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.

Llano Quemado within Taos County

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.

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

70 since 1994

Regional 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
Natural25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Recreation and ceremony6
Debris and open burning5
Fireworks5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
30 September 2001Natural1.0 acresCarson National ForestBEAR WALLOW
7 August 2018Natural2.0 acresCarson National ForestTETILLAS
4 August 2000Naturalunder an acreTaos Field OfficeMIRANDA
29 August 1995Naturalunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyRAMPS
28 August 2001Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionHONDOCANYON
20 August 2003Naturalunder an acreTaos Field OfficeSTAKEOUT
11 August 2003Natural1.0 acresCarson National ForestBEAR WALLOW FIRE
9 July 1995Arson/incendiarism1.1 acresAlbuquerque District OfficeBLAKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Taos 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cueva Blanca MineKaolin, ClayPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Taos 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
Ranchos de Taos0.7 miles10
Talpa1.0 miles10
Los Cordovas3.0 miles9
Lower Ranchito3.3 miles11
Ranchito3.9 miles11
Cañon3.9 miles11
Taos4.5 miles11
Pot Creek5.5 miles10

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 QuemadoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q108902254The 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.