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Lower Ranchito, New Mexico

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Taos census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87571. It stands on Rio Fernando de Taos. The Survey maps it on the Taos quadrangle.

Lower Ranchito within Taos County

On record in Lower Ranchito

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

137 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Lower Ranchito between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,017 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 7 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 burning44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Natural13
Fireworks13
Recreation and ceremony9
Smoking9
Arson/incendiarism7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCarson National ForestTAOS CANYON
1 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyBOX CAR
7 August 2013Naturalunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyPUCK
7 August 1995Misuse of fire by a minor2.5 acresNorthern Pueblos AgencyGREEN
7 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorthern Pueblos AgencySHACK
6 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyRAY
29 August 1995Naturalunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyRAMPS
28 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Taos County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Lower Ranchito: 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Taos 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
Ranchito0.8 miles11
Los Cordovas1.7 miles9
Taos2.0 miles11
Cañon2.4 miles11
Ranchos de Taos2.6 miles10
El Prado3.0 miles11
Llano Quemado3.3 miles10
Talpa3.9 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 Q122564386The 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 908284. 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.