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Montezuma, New Mexico

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 2006. It stands in the Rio Rancho census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87043. It lies near Perdiz Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Placitas quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Montezuma within Sandoval County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

47 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Montezuma (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 25 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Recreation and ceremony14
Debris and open burning8
Natural6
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
17 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionJAMES
1 September 2005Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionORLANDO
5 August 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionPLACITAS
3 August 2011Naturalunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencyPIEDRA LISA
20 August 2001Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionHUERTAS
6 July 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionGRASSHOPPER
5 July 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCibola National ForestSANDIA CF 027
4 July 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionPINCURL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sandoval County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Montezuma (historical): 7 prospects, 7 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Lead, Copper, Barium-Barite, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
Buckeye ClaimLead, Silver, CopperProspect
Crummy Number One ProspectCopper, Lead, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect
Donnell ProspectGold, Silver, CopperOccurrence
Landsend ProspectFluorine-Fluorite, Barium-BariteOccurrence1955
San Jose GroupCopper, Lead, SilverProspect
Manual RuizClayProducerSedimentary
Sloan MineCopperPast Producer
Unnamed Clay PitClayPast Producer
Grevey PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
La LuzGold, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sandoval 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
Las Huertas0.5 miles20
Village de las Huertas0.6 miles20
Tecolote0.7 miles20
Placitas1.1 miles20
Diamond Tail Ranch1.1 miles20
Los Pastores1.3 miles20
The Overlook2.4 miles20
Tejon (historical)2.5 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 902760. 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.