BlockBefore

Lobato, New Mexico

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Tierra Amarilla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87520. It stands on Wolf Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chama quadrangle.

Lobato within Rio Arriba County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

60 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Lobato between 1993 and 2020, burning about 134 acres in total. 31 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
Natural31
Railroad operations and maintenance14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Debris and open burning1

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
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionDAIRY
2 September 2004Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCEMETARY
2 September 2004Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionTRACK
6 August 2002Naturalunder an acreCarson National ForestBORDERLINE
3 August 2000Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSKYVIEW
28 August 2003Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionLOBOEAST
26 August 2016Naturalunder an acreChama DistrictRDOP
24 August 2007Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rio Arriba County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lobato: 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Materials Pit No 66-48-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Pit No. 66 - 48 - SSand and Gravel, Construction, StoneUnknown
San Antonio SpringsGeothermalUnknown

Every working recorded in Rio Arriba 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
Chama4.1 miles14
Willow Creek7.3 miles14
Biggs (historical)13.7 miles13
Brazos14.0 miles14
Toltec14.4 miles15
Diamante (historical)14.7 miles13
Los Ojos15.6 miles12
Ensenada15.7 miles12

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 Q122598664The 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 898568. 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.