Los Duranes, New Mexico
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Albuquerque census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87104. The Survey maps it on the Albuquerque West quadrangle.
On record in Los Duranes
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 7 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Los Duranes Chapellisted 1984 · 0.2 miles away
Gavino Anaya Houselisted 1984 · 0.3 miles away
Salvador Armijo Houselisted 1976 · 0.8 miles away
Antonio Vigil Houselisted 1978 · 0.8 miles away
Our Lady of the Angels Schoollisted 1984 · 0.9 miles away
San Felipe de Neri Churchlisted 1969 · 1.0 miles away
Tower Courtslisted 1993 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 23 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.
- 1888 USGS Bernalillo quadrangle1:125000
- 1889 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1934 USGS West Albuquerque quadrangle1:24000
- 1938 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Albuquerque West quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Albuquerque West quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1990 USGS Albuquerque West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
81 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Los Duranes between 1993 and 2020, burning about 889 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 2009 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Southern Pueblos Agency | TANK |
| 26 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ROSE |
| 5 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | RIVERSIDE |
| 24 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | DOUBLE |
| 20 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ROCKY RIDGE |
| 11 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | BOUNDARY |
| 7 July 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ANNE |
| 6 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | JOY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Los Duranes: 15 unknowns, 4 producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice, Magnesite, Volcanic Materials. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Gypsum Plant | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Mitchell Prospect | Magnesite | Prospect | ||
| Name Unknown Scoria Deposit | Volcanic Materials | Occurrence | Scoria | |
| 6026 North Second St. Plant | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Utility Block Co. Plant | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Albuquerque Gravel Prods.Co.Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Ben's Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Carmony Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Efren&Sons Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 60-60-F | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Town | 1.0 miles | 23 | |
| Los Candelarias | 1.2 miles | 23 | |
| Atrisco | 2.0 miles | 23 | |
| Albuquerque | 2.2 miles | 23 | |
| Martinez Town | 2.3 miles | 23 | |
| Los Griegos | 2.6 miles | 21 | |
| Barelas | 2.7 miles | 23 | |
| Hahn | 2.7 miles | 21 |
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 Q122597901 | 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 898668. 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.












