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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.

Los Cocas within Mora County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

62 since 1994

Regional 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
Natural40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
9 September 2019Natural1.0 acresLas Vegas District20-40280241X
7 September 2002Natural6.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCHARLIE
7 September 2002Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionWINDY
4 August 2016Naturalunder an acreLas Vegas DistrictCOYOTE
28 August 2011Naturalunder an acreLas Vegas DistrictMONTOYA
19 August 2003Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionWILLIAMS
18 August 2009Naturalunder an acreLas Vegas DistrictPATTY
14 August 2011Natural1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionJOJOLLA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mora County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
John Hays MineCopper, Silver, UraniumPast Producer1885, 1917
Le Deoux Ranch Lease MineUranium, Vanadium, CopperPast Producer1885, 1954
Unnamed ProspectsUranium, CopperOccurrence
Unnamed MineCopper, UraniumProspect
Unnamed ProspectCopper, UraniumOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectCopper, UraniumProspect
Unnamed ProspectCopper, UraniumOccurrence
John Hays MineCopperPast Producer

Every working recorded in Mora 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
Guadalupita2.2 miles10
Los Cisneros2.8 miles10
El Turquillo3.0 miles12
La Jara4.6 miles10
Los Medinas4.8 miles10
Los Huerros6.1 miles11
Ojo Feliz6.3 miles11
Lucero6.7 miles10

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 Q122562937The 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.