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Marmon, New Mexico

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1883 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Laguna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87026. The Survey maps it on the Mesita quadrangle.

Marmon within Cibola County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

115 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Marmon between 1992 and 2018, burning about 728 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 5 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
Smoking35
Debris and open burning24
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural9
Fireworks8
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Arson/incendiarism5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes3

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
6 September 1993Natural1.0 acresLaguna AgencyLABOR
6 September 1993Naturalunder an acreLaguna AgencyTUNNEL
21 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLaguna AgencyWELDER
19 September 2011Naturalunder an acreLaguna AgencyFEAST
1 September 2003Smoking1.2 acresLaguna AgencyNORESPONSE
31 August 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLaguna AgencyDEADMAN'S CURVE
26 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLaguna AgencyRED ROCK
21 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLaguna AgencyHELP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cibola County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Marmon: 8 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, Volcanic Materials. 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 57-77-SLimestone, GeneralUnknown
Materials Pit 57-78-SStone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, DimensionUnknown
Mesita WellGeothermalUnknown
Name Unknown Scoria DepositVolcanic MaterialsOccurrenceScoria
Materials Pit 62-32-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Sandy DepositUraniumPast Producer
Unnamed Borrow PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Borrow PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Uranium DepositUraniumUnknown
Unnamed Uranium DepositUraniumUnknown

Every working recorded in Cibola 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
Mesita0.7 miles18
El Rito1.2 miles8
Laguna4.6 miles18
New Laguna6.6 miles18
Casa Blanca9.3 miles18
Paguate9.3 miles19
Paraje9.6 miles18
Piedra Lumbre10.1 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 899752. 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.