BlockLobo Canyon, New Mexico
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1883 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Grants census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87020. The Survey maps it on the Lobo Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 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.
- 1883 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1886 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1899 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Lobo Springs quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Grants quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1995 USGS Lobo Springs quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
59 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Lobo Canyon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.6 acres | Cibola National Forest | LABOR DAY |
| 27 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | 193 |
| 16 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | TURKEY FARM |
| 1 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | ROADSIDE |
| 23 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | COAL |
| 22 August 2003 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Cibola National Forest | BIG |
| 20 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | TURKEY |
| 19 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | ELK |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Lobo Canyon: 13 past producers, 8 producers, 4 unknowns, 2 occurrences. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Vanadium, Perlite, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construction Pit | Tin | Past Producer | ||
| Lone Pine 3 Mine | Vanadium, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | 1954, 1955 | |
| Pumice Corporation of America Deposit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | Pumice | |
| Scojohn Group | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Roundy Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Turkey Springs Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| F-33 Mine | Uranium, Vanadium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | 1954, 1959 | |
| Zia Mines | Uranium, Vanadium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | 1952, 1958 | |
| Gay Eagle | Copper, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Hill No 7 Mine | Perlite | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2806692. 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.