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Martinez, New Mexico

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Estancia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87015. The Survey maps it on the Chilili quadrangle.

Martinez within Torrance County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

74 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Martinez between 1992 and 2020, burning about 730 acres in total. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined51
Debris and open burning9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Fireworks2
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Firearms and explosives use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
27 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
16 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
10 September 2007Debris and open burning270 acresNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
8 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBernalillo District21-60520186X
22 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSTEVE
21 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionNM189
9 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresBernalillo District21-60200055X

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Torrance County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Martinez: 4 occurrences, 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper. 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
La Don MineCopperUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
TinaBarium-Barite, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
SchockleyBarium-BariteOccurrence
Tina Barite DepositBarium-Barite, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Tina ProspectBarium-Barite, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrenceVein

Every working recorded in Torrance 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
Gallegos3.1 miles19
Pine Springs3.2 miles13
Moriarty7.5 miles10
Otto10.9 miles17
McIntosh11.9 miles10
Witt13.2 miles10
Antelope Springs13.2 miles10
Estancia Ranchettes14.5 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 898674. 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.