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Llano, New Mexico

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Peñasco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87543. It stands on Cañada de los Alamos. The Survey maps it on the Penasco quadrangle. It stands 8,054 feet above sea level.

Llano within Taos County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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.

Photographs

2 photographs, 1940 to 1943

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Farming country at Llano de San Juan, New Mexico
Farming country at Llano de San Juan, New Mexico
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Llano, near Penasco, New Mexico. The graveyard behind the church of Penitente Miranda
Llano, near Penasco, New Mexico. The graveyard behind the church of Penitente Miranda
Collier, John, Jr, 1943. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

110 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Llano between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,138 acres in total. 43 started naturally. 3 were 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
Recreation and ceremony30
Debris and open burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson National ForestRIO CHIQUITO
17 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson National Forestnot named
9 August 1995Naturalunder an acreCarson National ForestOJITO
8 August 2003Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionLIANO
8 August 2000Natural6.0 acresCarson National ForestMICA
7 August 2016Naturalunder an acreCimarron DistrictUPPER LLANO
4 August 2005Naturalunder an acreCarson National ForestLLANO
4 August 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCarson National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Taos County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Llano: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mica. 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
M.I.C.A. MineMicaProducerMetamorphic
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
Rodarte0.9 miles11
Llano Largo1.2 miles11
Ojito1.8 miles11
Peñasco2.0 miles11
El Valle3.1 miles12
Chamisal3.5 miles11
Vadito3.6 miles11
Rio Pueblo3.9 miles11

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 LlanoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q19818338The 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 908081. 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.