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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.

Los Lentes within Valencia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

457 since 1992

Regional 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 burning275
Missing data/not specified/undetermined87
Arson/incendiarism21
Equipment and vehicle use20
Smoking15
Recreation and ceremony13
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Fireworks2
Other causes1

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
27 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.8 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionAFS FIRE
25 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouthern Pueblos AgencyJOJOLA
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBernalillo District20-60460253X
14 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencyTR-6
14 September 2004Smokingunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionRIOCOM
1 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSHED
4 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencyFORTY-7
24 August 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencyHIGHWAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Valencia County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Materials Pit 65-29 SStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Materials Pit 68-22-SLimestone, GeneralUnknown
Crusher No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
El Cerro PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
John PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Materials Pit 65-28-FSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials Pit 56-10-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials Pit 57-133-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials Pit 72-8-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials Pit 73-1-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Valencia 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
Los Lunas1.2 miles10
Valencia2.4 miles10
Peralta2.4 miles10
Bosque Farms2.6 miles10
Paquita3.7 miles10
Chical4.6 miles10
Mission Park5.6 miles10
Sandia5.6 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 Q122589426The 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.