Los Pastores, New Mexico
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 2006. It stands in the Rio Rancho census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87043. It stands on Arroyo del Oso. The Survey maps it on the Placitas quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1892 USGS San Pedro quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Placitas quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS San Felipe Pueblo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1990 USGS Placitas quadrangle1:24000
- 2006 USGS Placitas quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
60 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Los Pastores between 1992 and 2020, burning about 113 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1992 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Cibola National Forest | not named |
| 17 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | JAMES |
| 1 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ORLANDO |
| 5 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PLACITAS |
| 3 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | PIEDRA LISA |
| 20 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | HUERTAS |
| 14 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Bernalillo District | 21-60550192X |
| 14 August 1996 | Natural | 20 acres | Cibola National Forest | PLACITAS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Los Pastores: 8 past producers, 6 prospects, 4 occurrences, 2 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Lead, Copper, Barium-Barite, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckeye Claim | Lead, Silver, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Donnell Prospect | Gold, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Landsend Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite | Occurrence | 1955 | |
| San Jose Group | Copper, Lead, Silver | Prospect | ||
| La Luz | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Placitas | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Sloan Mine | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Landsend Prospect | Barium-Barite, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | ||
| Las Huertas Deposit | Barium-Barite, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Barite Prospect | Barium-Barite, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Placitas | 0.6 miles | 20 | |
| The Overlook | 1.2 miles | 20 | |
| Tecolote | 1.2 miles | 20 | |
| Montezuma (historical) | 1.3 miles | 20 | |
| Village de las Huertas | 1.4 miles | 20 | |
| Las Huertas | 1.4 miles | 20 | |
| Puesta Del Sol | 1.5 miles | 20 | |
| Ranchos des Placitas | 2.1 miles | 20 |
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 Q122559165 | 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 2055894. 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.









