Los Cocas, New Mexico
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mora census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87722. It lies near Silva Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Lucero quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Lucero quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Taos quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Lucero quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
62 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Los Cocas between 1994 and 2020, burning about 16,319 acres in total. 40 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 | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Las Vegas District | 20-40280241X |
| 7 September 2002 | Natural | 6.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CHARLIE |
| 7 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | WINDY |
| 4 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Las Vegas District | COYOTE |
| 28 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Las Vegas District | MONTOYA |
| 19 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | WILLIAMS |
| 18 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Las Vegas District | PATTY |
| 14 August 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | JOJOLLA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Los Cocas: 3 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Uranium, Uranium, Vanadium, Copper, Uranium, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Hays Mine | Copper, Silver, Uranium | Past Producer | 1885, 1917 | |
| Le Deoux Ranch Lease Mine | Uranium, Vanadium, Copper | Past Producer | 1885, 1954 | |
| Unnamed Prospects | Uranium, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Copper, Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Copper, Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Copper, Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Copper, Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| John Hays Mine | Copper | Past 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guadalupita | 2.2 miles | 10 | |
| Los Cisneros | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| El Turquillo | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| La Jara | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Los Medinas | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Los Huerros | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| Ojo Feliz | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Lucero | 6.7 miles | 10 |
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 Q122562937 | 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 899735. 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.




