Llaves, New Mexico
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Coyote census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87046. It lies near Spring Canyon. The Survey maps it on the French Mesa quadrangle. It stands 7,074 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1909 USGS Gallina quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Llaves quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS French Mesa quadrangle1:24000
- 2002 USGS French Mesa quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
77 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Llaves between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,752 acres in total. 68 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 | 68 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | CHUPADERO |
| 27 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | JESUS |
| 25 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | PABLO |
| 23 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | MOYA |
| 16 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | GURULE |
| 12 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | TREE |
| 1 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | RIO GALLINA |
| 8 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | SPRING CANYON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Llaves: 2 occurrences, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carbon Group | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Coy Claims | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| El C-B | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Maxine | Uranium | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burns Canyon (historical) | 7.8 miles | 14 | |
| Hopewell (historical) | 7.8 miles | 14 | |
| Gallina Plaza | 9.8 miles | 15 | |
| Tapicitoes | 9.8 miles | 14 | |
| Gallina | 10.3 miles | 15 | |
| Capulin | 10.3 miles | 15 | |
| Lindrith | 10.6 miles | 14 | |
| Ojito | 12.4 miles | 14 |
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 Llaves | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q122560645 | 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 908095. 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.







