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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.

Los Duranes within Bernalillo County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 23 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

81 since 1993

Regional 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/undetermined56
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural5
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1

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
7 September 2009Natural2.5 acresSouthern Pueblos AgencyTANK
26 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionROSE
5 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionRIVERSIDE
24 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionDOUBLE
20 August 2011Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionROCKY RIDGE
11 August 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencyBOUNDARY
7 July 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionANNE
6 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionJOY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bernalillo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
American Gypsum PlantGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Mitchell ProspectMagnesiteProspect
Name Unknown Scoria DepositVolcanic MaterialsOccurrenceScoria
6026 North Second St. PlantPumiceUnknown
Utility Block Co. PlantPumiceProducer
Albuquerque Gravel Prods.Co.PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Ben's PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Carmony Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Efren&Sons PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials Pit 60-60-FSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Bernalillo 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
Old Town1.0 miles23
Los Candelarias1.2 miles23
Atrisco2.0 miles23
Albuquerque2.2 miles23
Martinez Town2.3 miles23
Los Griegos2.6 miles21
Barelas2.7 miles23
Hahn2.7 miles21

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 Q122597901The 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.