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Monticello, New Mexico

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 2006. It stands in the East Bernalillo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87123. It lies near Echo Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Tijeras quadrangle.

Monticello within Bernalillo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

128 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Monticello between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,090 acres in total. 30 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined40
Natural30
Recreation and ceremony26
Equipment and vehicle use11
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Arson/incendiarism5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Debris and open burning3
Other causes2
Smoking1

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
22 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCibola National ForestCEDRO WEST
14 September 2019Natural1.8 acresCibola National ForestHAWK WATCH
6 August 2000Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestEMBUDITO
4 August 2000Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestLOMAS
28 August 2003Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestKIWANIS 1
26 August 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCibola National ForestROCK
19 August 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreCibola National ForestCHAMISOSO
18 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSQUIRREL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bernalillo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 39 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of Monticello: 12 unknowns, 10 occurrences, 9 producers, 7 past producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Alpha MineREEUnknown
Blackbird MineFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Barium-BaritePast Producer1943
Great Combination MineGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer1955
Ideal Basic Industries Cement Plant and QuarryCement RockProducer1959
Little Apples Co. MineCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrence
Mary MGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Mary M MineCopper, GoldPast Producer1955
Shakespeare MineBarium-Barite, Copper, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrenceBarite, Chalcocite, Copper, Fluorite
Silver Ring-Verdun ClaimsGold, Silver, LeadUnknown
Surface Pit #72-6-S and CrusherLimestone, GeneralProducer

Every working recorded in Bernalillo 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
Carnuel0.7 miles21
Cañada Village3.1 miles21
Tijeras3.2 miles21
La Cuesta3.4 miles21
Canyon Estates3.6 miles21
Primera Agua3.8 miles21
Chelwood Park3.9 miles21
Sandia Vista4.4 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2055902. 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.