BlockLower Colonias, New Mexico
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Pecos census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87552. It stands on Bull Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lower Colonias quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1889 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Lower Colonias quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Lower Colonias quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
49 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Lower Colonias between 1992 and 2020, burning about 700 acres in total. 28 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2013 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | CLOUD |
| 25 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | RUIDOSO RIDGE |
| 9 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | OAK |
| 27 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | CUERVO |
| 25 August 2010 | Natural | 430 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | HARTMAN |
| 19 August 2015 | Natural | 1.2 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | CUERVITO |
| 1 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | RUIDOSO |
| 8 July 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | APACHE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lower Colonias: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quintana | Uranium | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Colonias | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| East Pecos | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| North San Ysidro | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Pecos | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Pajarita | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Rowe | 6.0 miles | 14 | |
| South San Ysidro | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Gise | 7.0 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 908268. 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.