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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1883 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1886 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1899 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Mesita quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Grants quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
115 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 35 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Fireworks | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1993 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Laguna Agency | LABOR |
| 6 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Laguna Agency | TUNNEL |
| 21 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Laguna Agency | WELDER |
| 19 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Laguna Agency | FEAST |
| 1 September 2003 | Smoking | 1.2 acres | Laguna Agency | NORESPONSE |
| 31 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Laguna Agency | DEADMAN'S CURVE |
| 26 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Laguna Agency | RED ROCK |
| 21 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Laguna Agency | HELP |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit 57-77-S | Limestone, General | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 57-78-S | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Mesita Well | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Name Unknown Scoria Deposit | Volcanic Materials | Occurrence | Scoria | |
| Materials Pit 62-32-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Sandy Deposit | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Borrow Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Borrow Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Uranium Deposit | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Uranium Deposit | Uranium | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesita | 0.7 miles | 18 | |
| El Rito | 1.2 miles | 8 | |
| Laguna | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| New Laguna | 6.6 miles | 18 | |
| Casa Blanca | 9.3 miles | 18 | |
| Paguate | 9.3 miles | 19 | |
| Paraje | 9.6 miles | 18 | |
| Piedra Lumbre | 10.1 miles | 19 |
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.









