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Los Padillas, New Mexico

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Albuquerque census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87105. The Survey maps it on the Isleta quadrangle.

Los Padillas within Bernalillo 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

358 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 358 fires within 5 miles of Los Padillas between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,694 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 12 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 burning215
Missing data/not specified/undetermined81
Equipment and vehicle use16
Arson/incendiarism12
Recreation and ceremony8
Smoking8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Natural4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Fireworks3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
8 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouthern Pueblos AgencyRIVER
3 September 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionPADILLA
12 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencyHORSE
3 August 2017Naturalunder an acreValle de Oro National Wildlife RefugeLAGUNITAS FIRE
20 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
9 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSOUTH COORS
8 July 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencyMONTESSA
8 July 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencyALFAFA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bernalillo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Los Padillas: 13 unknowns, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Kinney Brick PlantClayProducer
Parea Mesa Pit & CrushingStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Materials Pit #67-39-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials Pit #67-41-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials Pit 60-23-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Mc Elroy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Riverside Constr.Co.PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Screening PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sena Pit&Crusher PlantSand 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
Pajarito1.2 miles10
Barr1.6 miles10
Mountainview2.4 miles10
South Valley3.0 miles23
Kinney3.4 miles23
Isleta4.3 miles10
Isleta Pueblo4.4 miles10
Arenal5.8 miles23

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 Q122572445The 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 898817. 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.