Los Lentes, New Mexico
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Los Lunas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87031. The Survey maps it on the Los Lunas quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1952 USGS Los Lunas quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Belen quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Los Lunas quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
457 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 457 fires within 5 miles of Los Lentes between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,901 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 21 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 275 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 87 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Smoking | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.8 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | AFS FIRE |
| 25 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Southern Pueblos Agency | JOJOLA |
| 19 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Bernalillo District | 20-60460253X |
| 14 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | TR-6 |
| 14 September 2004 | Smoking | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | RIOCOM |
| 1 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SHED |
| 4 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | FORTY-7 |
| 24 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | HIGHWAY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Los Lentes: 8 unknowns, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit 65-29 S | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 68-22-S | Limestone, General | Unknown | ||
| Crusher No. 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| El Cerro Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| John Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Materials Pit 65-28-F | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 56-10-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 57-133-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 72-8-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 73-1-S | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Lunas | 1.2 miles | 10 | |
| Valencia | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Peralta | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Bosque Farms | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Paquita | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Chical | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Mission Park | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Sandia | 5.6 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 Q122589426 | 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 891358. 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.





