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Los Griegos, New Mexico

21 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 87107. The Survey maps it on the Los Griegos quadrangle.

Los Griegos within Bernalillo County

On record in Los Griegos

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 4 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 21 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

73 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Los Griegos between 1993 and 2020, burning about 808 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined50
Arson/incendiarism10
Natural4
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks2
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
29 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencySHADY
26 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionROSE
11 August 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencyBOUNDARY
1 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionEAGLE
7 July 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionANNE
7 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionAPODACA
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 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Los Griegos: 14 producers, 8 unknowns, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Magnesite. 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
Mitchell ProspectMagnesiteProspect
Name Unknown Scoria DepositVolcanic MaterialsOccurrenceScoria
American Gypsum PlantGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Crushing & Milling Sect.Gypsum-AnhydriteProducer
6026 North Second St. PlantPumiceUnknown
9700 North Second PlantPumiceUnknown
Esquire Claims 5-9 PlantPumiceProducer
Utility Block Co. PlantPumiceProducer
Albuquerque Gravel Prods.Co.PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Carmony Road PitSand 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
Lee Acres0.7 miles21
Hahn1.1 miles21
Los Candelarias1.3 miles23
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque1.6 miles21
Los Duranes2.6 miles23
North Valley2.8 miles22
Old Town3.2 miles23
Martinez Town3.5 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 918236. 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.